Technical Assistance and Capacity Development in an Aid-dependent Economy: The Experience of Cambodia
To what extent can external technical assistance develop the capacity of counterparts, whether in government or in local nongovernmental organizations (LNGOs) in an aid-dependent economy? Cambodia's experience since 1993 suggests that most projects in such a situation are donor-driven in their identification, design and implementation, to the detri...
Cambodia 1999-2000: Land, Labour and Rural Livelihood in Focus
Political stability has improved greatly in Cambodia since the installation of the elected coalition government in November 1998. This is reflected in resumed economic growth and improved macro-economic indicators across the board. The conditions for institutional reform and consolidation, which are much needed for sustained economic and socia...
Social Assessment of Land in Cambodia: A Field Study
The Royal Government of Cambodia has embarked upon a reform agenda designed to promote sustainable economic and social development, poverty alleviation, and peace. As a prelude to the titling project, the government decided to first conduct a social assessment of land in order to obtain a report on the ground situation concerning, land control,...
Land Tenure in Cambodia: A Data Update
This paper first presents the allocation of land to different uses and then examines data on land and fisheries concessions. The registration and titling process and data are next examined. Finally, the paper retabulates and interprets data from eight socio-economic surveys conducted in Cambodia in the recent years in order to analyse the info...
A Study of the Cambodian Labour Market: Reference to Poverty Reduction, Growth and Adjustment to Crisis
This working paper explores the nature and trajectory of Cambodia’s labour market, analysing both its structure and recent trends. On this basis, it examines the links between the labour market, poverty reduction and growth, and the impact which recent political and economic crises have had on the conditions of labour. Cambodia faces the dual a...
Labour Markets in Transitional Economies in Southeast Asia and Thailand: A Study in Four Countries
The research examines links between the labour market, economic growth and poverty reduction; assesses the impact of internal and external crises on the labour market; and reviews existing policies that affect the labour market.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development at the School of Agriculture Prek Leap: An Institutional Case Study
Arising from ashes left by the Khmer Rouge regime, the School of Agriculture Prek Leap (SAPL), like many other government institutions, has relied heavily on foreign assistance for its development. Apart from material support, technical assistance (TA) has played a major role in building both individual and institutional capacity. There is no d...
Land Ownership, Sales and Concentration in Cambodia
Land is the most important productive asset in agrarian societies such as Cambodia’s. Throughout Cambodian history, land ownership rights have varied with changes in government. In the period before French colonisation (pre-1863), when all land belonged to the sovereign, people were freely allowed to till unoccupied land and could cultivate as...
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development in an Aid-dependent Economy: the Experience of Cambodia
Cambodia is aid-dependent: the scale of aid is of such magnitude that it distorts the economy in two important ways. First, a high proportion of Cambodia’s best-educated people either work for donor agencies or international non-government organisations (NGOs) or have been assigned to donors’ projects as counterparts. This raises the price of e...