Impact of High Food Prices in Cambodia
The rising fuel and food prices Cambodia experienced in 2008 pushed year on year inflation above 20 percent in March – August. Although high food prices negatively affect everyone, they impact more severely on the poor, especially net food buyers. In Cambodia, the poorest 40 percent of the population spend 70 percent of their income on food. Most o...
Accountability and Planning in Decentralised Cambodia
This paper is about sub-national accountability and planning, where accountability is the central focus and planning is considered an instrument for achieving accountability. The paper aims to understand major issues that affect sub-national planning’s ability to advance accountability and then to draw key lessons for the decentralisation and d...
Accountability and Public Expenditure Management in Decentralised Cambodia
Cambodia is entering a new phase of decentralisation and deconcentration (D&D), aiming to restructure sub-national administration, particularly at the provincial level. The reform seeks to establish unified provincial and district administrations accountable to both the central government and local populations, supported by transparent allocati...