Education Financial Planning in Asia: Implementing Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks - Nepal is part of a series of in-depth studies on education financial planning in Asia, commissioned by the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education - UNESCO Bangkok in 2008. Medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) have been used in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries for a while, but their history of use in developing countries is more recent, having started in the late 1990s. Over the past decade, however, donor support provided for MTEFs aimed at strengthening the link between policy, planning and budgeting in many developing countries. Some of the best experiences in introducing and using MTEFs come from African countries. In Asia, a number of countries have introduced or are planning to introduce MTEFs, but no studies have been conducted nor any attempts made to document the experiences that Asian countries have had in using MTEFs until this research. Thus, the country case studies commissioned by UNESCO Bangkok are an attempt to address this knowledge gap. They look at Asian experiences with MTEFs, and thereby contribute to understanding the diverse practical aspects of introducing MTEFs, in general, and for the education sector, in particular.
