US signs over $65m in aid, but no sign of donor meeting

The government and the US Embassy yesterday signed off on half the nearly $65 million the US is giving Cambodia in aid this year, more than two months after Cambodia cancelled a major meeting with its foreign donors that was scheduled for November. Held roughly every 18 months, the Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum is the best chance donors have to discuss with Cambodia’s most senior leaders the government’s progress on development targets that both sides signed off on at the last Forum. Everything from school enrollment rates to corruption-fighting reforms gets covered…