Financing the Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar

Event: ADB and ADBI Learning Program: Financing Social Protection for the Sustainable Development Goals

Financing the Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals in Myanmar

16 February 2017

Author / Speaker:

Mariana Infante-Villarroel, independent consultant - Other materials by the author

Regional disparities and low human development constrain Myanmar's efforts to meet the social development goals. The country's social protection system, in particular, covers only 3.2% of the country's population and its information system is based on manual operations. Myanmar needs to pursue critical measures to build the backbone of its social protection system and to ensure that it will adequately cover target groups.

Geographical Focus:

Myanmar

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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