Myanmar has an important opportunity toimprove the health status and education outcomes of itspeople after decades of underspending and institutionalneglect in the social sectors. Low access to health,education and social protection services has severelyworsened human development outcomes, which ranked among thelowest in the region. Since 2011, there has been a seachange in public policy with rapidly rising social spendingto expand access to services and protect families frompoverty. The payoffs are immense, in Myanmar, an additionalyear of schooling is estimated to be associated with 6.7percent higher income (World Bank, 2014a), which will becompounded with better health and social protection.Although significant progress has been made recently,immense challenges and opportunities remain. Policies toclose the gap in access to social services are fundamentalto inclusive growth in Myanmar.
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