Decentralised Governance in a Hybrid Policy: Localisation of Decentralisation Reform in Cambodia
This paper reviews the progress of the decentralisation and deconcentration (D&D) reform in Cambodia. It revisits the conflicting positive and negative views on the achievements of the reform in the literature. The goal of the reform is twofold: promotion of local democracy and improvement of local service delivery. Both of these goals are the...
Decentralised Governance of Irrigation Water in Cambodia: Matching Principle to Local Realities
Cambodia is currently embarked on a significant programme of irrigation development. The technical design of irrigation projects has generally improved, but there remain a number of challenges in the governance of irrigation that inhibit the schemes from working effectively, equitably and sustainably. This study investigates the extent to whic...
Catchment Governance and Cooperation Dilemmas: A Case Study from Cambodia
Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) is a recent ideal approach to be introduced into the Cambodian national strategy on water management to ensure better planning and management of water and other related resources in a catchment. A new multi-level catchment body or a committee is soon to be established as a result. Integral to ICM is cooper...
Catchment Governance And Cooperation Dilemmas: A Case Study From Cambodia
KEY MESSAGESA catchment or river basin refers to an area of land that is drained by a single river and its tributaries. Integral to the health of a catchment are elements such as soil, water, wildlife and vegetation, all of which form a life support ecosystem.Modern global catchment governance policy has turned to the theory of Integrated Catch...
Hydrological Analysis in Support of Irrigation Management: A Case Study of Stung Chrey Bak Catchment, Cambodia
This study applies the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) model to assess irrigation management in the Stung Chrey Bak catchment, Cambodia. It evaluates three scenarios—reference, 5 percent annual increase in irrigation demand, and additional reservoir storage—to explore sustainable water allocation strategies. The catchment supports 10,367 h...