Locals bypass road projects
As much as local people are benefiting from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) recovery project following last year’s record floods, they aren’t receiving all the benefits they could, according to some accounts. Operating in five provinces of Cambodia to restore road access to those affected by the floods, the ADB and its government partners conducted a press tour to highlight their efforts at recovery, a year after the disaster. … The roads, bridges and dykes, all still under construction, were being built by workers from other provinces because some of the local people felt the pay was too low. … As part of ADB’s plan for the third and final stage of the project, which should last a further two years, the ADB is looking to provide local workers with maintenance contracts along a section of road, [Peter] Brimble [Deputy Country Director of the ADB’s resident mission] said. …
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