Aid and development

Development policy and administration

Too soon to issue new loans, NGOs tell World Bank

A group of NGOs on Monday told the World Bank to fix the land-rights problems surrounding its past projects in Cambodia before lifting a freeze on new lending to the country it imposed in 2011 to protest the mass eviction of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/too-soon-to-issue-new-loans-ngos-tell-world-bank-88151/

UN and social affairs officials convene to discuss Prey Speu

Social affairs officials met Thursday with the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to discuss the notorious Prey Speu social affairs center, with the government giving permission for the U.N. to visit the center Friday and identify residents who require psychiatric assistance ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-and-social-affairs-officials-convene-to-discuss-prey-speu-87812/

World Bank hears local officials’ woes for pending 3-year plan

High electricity prices, low wages, limited irrigation and modest rice and crop prices were among the top concerns raised by government officials at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Monday to help the World Bank decide how to spend its money on the country over ...

Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-hears-local-officials-woes-for-pending-3-year-plan-87426/

UNESCO to push both adult literacy and preschool education

Months away from the end of a 15-year plan to improve education in the country, officials announced Wednesday that Cambodia still needs to make strides to meet adult literacy benchmarks and set new priorities focusing on the country’s youngest students. ...

Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unesco-to-push-both-adult-literacy-and-preschool-education-85370/

Central bank seeks to promote Riel use

Cambodia’s central bank is seeking to promote the use of the riel and wean the Kingdom’s economy off its dependence on the US dollar, a senior banking official said on Tuesday. Speaking at a luncheon organized by the British Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (BritCham), Chea ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12117/central-bank-seeks-to-promote-riel-use/

Rights group condemns trade union draft law

The Cambodian government is trying to weather criticism over the lack of transparency concerning the proposed draft law on NGOs that is now in the hands of the National Assembly. But another important draft law regulating trade unions is being heavily criticized for violating international ...

Donald Lee
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12089/rights-group-condemns-trade-union-draft-law/

Cambodia reduces hunger, meeting UN goal

The portion of the Cambodian population that is undernourished has been reduced by half since 1990, meeting a U.N. Millennium Development Goal ahead of the deadline at the end of the year, according to a report released Thursday. ...

Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-reduces-hunger-meeting-un-goal-84583/

Court official to enforce verdict in long-running land dispute

A court prosecutor and a squadron of police will today descend on a hectare of land in Phnom Penh in order to properly divide it among 163 families who claim that one woman monopolized the plot after they won it in a land dispute, an ...

Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-official-to-enforce-verdict-in-long-running-land-dispute-79549/

Bridge's shadow falls on river ferry community

Before the sun casts its light on the Neak Loeung ferry port every morning, commuters begin arriving in buses and cars, on motorbikes and horse-carts. At the crest of the riverbank, chains slung between concrete pillars bring them to a halt. And there, even before their ...

Matt Blomberg and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/ferriedaway/

‘Development’ a dirty word, survey finds

After admitting there were “major problems” with its resettlement projects earlier this month, the World Bank has come under fire from Boeung Kak lake residents in a new report from a human rights group. The report by the International Accountability Project (IAP), titled Back to Development, ...

Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/development-dirty-word-survey-finds

Villagers, police face off in dispute over road expansion

About 100 villagers from Boeng Chhouk village in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district blocked officials and workers on Tuesday from bringing in heavy machinery to begin work on a road expansion that would destroy some of their homes.   ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-police-face-off-in-dispute-over-road-expansion-79974/

Cambodia on verge of transitioning from low-income to middle-income country: ADB chief

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said here Tuesday that Cambodia is on the verge of transforming from a low-income to a middle-income country. The middle-income nation is defined by the GDP (gross domestic product) per capita between 1,045 U.S. dollars and 12,746 U.S. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Eal4qY

No more ADB funding to finish stalled railway project

ប្រធាន​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី​ដែល​មក​ធ្វើ​ទស្សន​កិច្ច លោក តាកេហ៊ីកុ ណាកាវ (Takehiko Nakao) បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ថា នឹង​មិន​មាន​ប្រាក់​ថែមទៀត​ពី​ធនាគារ​នេះ​ដើម្បី​បញ្ចប់​គម្រោង​ដែល​ជាប់​ គាំង​និង​ក្ស័យធន ដើម្បី​ស្ថារ​បណ្តាញ​ផ្លូវ​ដែក​ចាស់​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា គឺ​គម្រោង​មាន​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​១៤២​លាន​ដុល្លារ ដែល​ត្រូវ​គេ​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា​ជា​ការ​ផ្តួចផ្តើម​ហេដ្ឋា​រចនា​សម្ព័ន្ធ​ដ៏​ សំខាន់។ ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-more-adb-funding-to-finish-stalled-railway-project-79470/

Business input sought on use of donor funds

Business has been encouraged to have more input into the allocation of donor money spent on projects aiming to boost trade in the Kingdom. Speaking during a panel discussion yesterday at a conference on government-private sector partnership, representatives from both government and development agencies said the ...

Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business-input-sought-use-donor-funds

Campaign aims to boost Adult Literacy

UNESCO and the Ministry of Education on Monday launched a two-month joint campaign to raise the adult literacy rate to 84.4 percent by the end of the year by airing television and radio spots to encourage enrollment in after-school literacy classes. ...

Hul Reaksmey and Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-aims-to-boost-adult-literacy-78943/

Parties split on election ‘insult’ ban;Rainsy wants new word

The appropriate scope of a controversial proposed ban on NGOs “insulting” political parties in election campaigns on Monday continued to divide the CPP and CNRP during talks to amend the nation’s election law, with the negotiating teams deciding to pass the issue on to their ...

Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-split-on-election-insult-ban-rainsy-wants-new-word-78109/

CPP youth group, road safety NGO launch helmet campaign

A CPP-aligned youth group and a regional road-safety NGO on Tuesday launched a $1.2 million, two-year pilot program to educate Cambodians about the importance of wearing helmets while driving or riding as passengers on motorbikes. ...

Khuon Narim and Max Weinstein
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-youth-group-road-safety-ngo-launch-helmet-campaign-77747/

Review of financial policies needed: World Bank

In the face of global economic fragility, the Cambodian government needs to review its fiscal policies and deepen its pockets – building a “buffer” for use in times of crisis, the World Bank has warned. The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2015 report states that Cambodia ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/review-financial-policies-needed-world-bank

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