State and Region Governments in Myanmar


On October 23, 2013, The Asia Foundation hosted a presentation of the major findings from a new study on subnational governance, entitled “State and Region Governments in Myanmar.” Authors of the study, Dr. Matthew Arnold, a Senior Program Officer with the Foundation’s conflict and state fragility program in Bangkok, governance specialist Dr. Hamish Nixon, and Dr. Zaw Oo, Executive Director of Myanmar Development Resource Institute’s Center for Economic and Social Development (MDRI-CESD) discussed core challenges to decentralization and provided their perspectives on the evolution of subnational governance in Myanmar.

Related locations: Myanmar, Washington DC
Related programs: Good Governance