NGOs Assessing Development Goals for Coming Years
As Cambodia assesses its development goals, a study has found that many Cambodians want to see an improved judicial system, better education, improved agriculture and more human rights. A broad consortium of local and international development agencies spent the early part of the year conducting conferences in the provinces of Battambang and Kampong Cham and surveys in 11 provinces, aimed at better understanding what the public wants as the country assesses its goals for the period from 2015 to 2018. … The NGOs settled on eight recommendations: an unbiased judicial system, improved education, better transparency and benefits from natural resource extraction, improved farming skills, better agricultural markets and improved human rights. Along with those recommendations come principles of social inclusion, government accountability, green economic growth and the sustainable management of resources, participants said. …
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