Donors meet over new civil servant per diems

12 November 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Multilateral development assistance
ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Daily Subsistence Allowance / Hun Sen

Cambodia’s international donors met Tuesday to decide whether they will comply with the government’s recent move to increase the per diem that civil servants receive for attending work-related, out-of-office events. In July, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on a sub-decree raising the Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) government employees are entitled to when on work-related trips. Those making an overnight trip in-country will be entitled to between $34 and $85 depending on their rank. Before, in-country trips earned them between $20 and $25. According to the sub-decree, civil servants can receive up to $670 for a trip abroad. … Finance Ministry secretary-general Hel Chamroeun said the donors were not strictly required to stick to the new rates but recommended that they do so that civil servants get the same per diem whether attending government or donor events. …

 Paula Brito
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