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Source: Heckman,
2008
powders (iron)
Iron fortification
India
Kenya
Salt iodization
Deworming
Ethiopia
Bangladesh
Micronutrient
The BCR for the Lancet
of staples
package as a whole is
also very high (e.g.
24:1 in Ethiopia)
Introduction of social cash transfers (universal MNCH program); expansion of social work case management
- Evidence to link
- Very low social sector
sector budget budgets to child - 14,000 beneficiaries
allocation deprivation Three-fold by 2018
- Policy advocacy increase - 26 more townships
- Weak with a range of in budget covered under case
capacity of stakeholders allocations to management
social welfare social
- TA to Ministry of
ministry to protection,
social welfare
child protection Improved funding and
plan and (budget submission,
programs effectiveness of
spend funds sector PFM capacity,
spending on social
effectively expenditure
welfare
tracking tool)
Public Finance for Children in Cambodia
Early stage of engagement (2012) Solid partnership to achieve results for
• Research on social budgeting in collaboration with children (2016 - Present)
Cambodia National Council for Children (CNCC) • UNICEF positioned as key partner for PFM
Formalization of partnership (2013- 2014) reform (programme-based budgeting)
• UNICEF and MEF signed a partnership agreement
covering the key areas of collaborations:
• UNICEF expertise in thematic areas
o Capacity building of MEF and line ministries for
(health, nutrition, etc.) and MEF’s trust in
implementation of programme-based
UNICEF resulted in increased budget
budgeting to link child-sensitive policies and
allocation for children
budget • Sector specific PFM support (education
o Policy and budget analysis and research sector) resulted in leveraging donor
• Training on programme-based budgeting for MEF funding (EU) for education e.g. school
and line ministries operating budget allocation formula
o This complemented WB support for Financial • Steady increase of education budget,
Management Information System development particularly on programs to address equity
• Training on results-based management for MEF, (current budget)
MoP and line ministries
• PM’s commitment to roll out a cash
o Based on WB assessment on PB transfer program for children and pregnant
implementation, identifying RBM capacity as mothers nationwide by mid-2019
key bottleneck
IMPROVING BUDGET ALLOCATION UNDER MTEF/LTEF ON ECD: THAILAND
IMPACTS ON
Key Challenges & Gap*** KEY INTERVENTIONS CHILDREN
Budget Planning is Only 0.05% Budget/Total Advocate BOB to Focus on “Children” Child-related programs
Centralized and focus on for ECD Introduce MTEF/LTEF on using Integrated Plan receive greater and
growth consistent budget
ECD based on RBM budgeting under RBM.
*** From OPM/UNICEF 2017 study on “Equity in PFM Systems: A Case Study of Thailand”
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