BRETT M. Ballard   (2007)

“We Are Living with Worry All the Time” A Participatory Poverty Assessment of the Tonle Sap

Executive SummaryThe Participatory Poverty Assessment of the Tonle Sap (PPA) has been undertaken by CDRI in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study employed qualitative research methods covering 24 villages in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake. The main objective of the...


Accountability and Neo-patrimonialism in Cambodia: A Critical Literature Review

This working paper critically examines the concept of accountability within Cambodia’s evolving governance landscape, particularly in the context of decentralisation and deconcentration reforms. Drawing on international public administration theories and Cambodia’s unique socio-political history, the paper explores how traditional patron-client...