Empirical Evidence of Irrigation Management in the Tonle Sap Basin: Issues and Challenges
This working paper, published by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI), presents an in-depth empirical assessment of irrigation management in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Basin. It explores the critical role of irrigation in enhancing agricultural productivity in a country where 80 percent of the population relies on farming, primarily rice cu...
The Local Governance of Common Pool Resources: The Case of Irrigation Water in Cambodia
The study seeks out the factors that enable or constrain the good governance of common pool resources in Cambodia, using irrigation water as the case for analysis. It explores the dynamics of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and decentralised natural resource management (DNRM) from a local perspective and how these two approa...
Scoping Study: Research Capacities of Cambodia’s Universities
This study tries to map the current state of research in selected Cambodian universities, with special focus on research capacities – the factors that facilitate (or hinder) research, especially applied research with a direct relevance to Cambodia’s development challenges. It seeks also to identify opportunities to seed development research through...
