Cambodia plans to ask finance from China to build 300 to 500 km rural roads annually

12 August 2012
The Southeast Asia Weekly
Aid and development / Banking and financial services / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Infrastructure / Investment / Non-DAC members / Roads and bridges / Social development / The poor / Transport and shipping / Transport infrastructure and facilities
bridge construction / Chinese aid / Chinese development aid / foreign loans / loans / poverty reduction / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Road construction / road development project / rural roads / Wen Jiaboa

Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen said this week that he will talk with Chinese leaders especially his Chinese counterpart PM Wen Jiaboa about finance to build 300-500 km rural roads in the country in contribution of helping poverty reduction and living conditions of the local people. ... He [Prime Minister Hun Sen] also highlighted the contribution from other partner including ADB and South Korea. ... [Chinese] Ambassador Pan said the Chinese government saw the development of roads and bridges as the key factors for economic development and poverty reduction in Cambodia. So far China has funded the construction of more than 2,000 kilometers of roads and bridges in Cambodia, he said. ...