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Donors Mum On Aid Forum Postponement
- 26 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce
- ADB / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Business Research Institute of Cambodia / Cambodia / Camobidan Development Cooperation Forum / Country Partnership Strategy / Denmark / donors / European Union aid / Japanese aid / Keat Chhon / Peter Brimble / Suzuki Hiroshi / Swedish aid / UN / US / World Bank
Cambodia’s foreign donors are staying largely mum about the government’s decision to indefinitely high-level aid meeting, though one donor conceded that the move had caught it off guard. Economists also said yesterday that a delay in holding the donor meeting would have little effect, but ...
China’s ‘No Strings’ Aid Increasingly Attractive
- 24 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Chinese aid / Economy and commerce / Non-DAC members
- ABD / advocacy / aid / aid providers / annual budget / Beijing / bilateral donors / Boeng Kak Lake / Cambodia / Cambodia’s economy / Cambodian Development Resource Institute / Cambodian Government / Center for the Development of Cambodia / Chea Vannath political analyst / Chinese aid / Chinese aid / Chinese embassy / civil society groups / democratic country / development assistance / development partners / diversity / donor meeting / donors / economic reasons / evictions / Human Rights Watch / hydropower / international markets / Investment / Investment Projects / Japanese aid / Keat Chhon / loans / mining / Minister of Finance / Ministry of Finance / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / NGOs / officials / Opposition party / Phil Robertson / Phnom Penh / poverty reduction / rapid expansion / reform benchmarks / reforms / rights-based agenda / rubber / superpower / Trade / traditional donors / Untac-era development partners / Western development agencies / World Bank
The timing couldn’t have been better. After a week in which one NGO was suspended and others warned to “readjust their work,” and the World Bank was finally forced to reveal that it had stopped loaning to Cambodia, the government announced over the weekend that ...
NGO Forum Breaks Silence on 'Warning'
- 22 August 2011
- The Phnom Penh Post
- Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Infrastructure / Multilateral development assistance / Rail / Transport infrastructure and facilities
- advocacy / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Ath Thun / AusAid / Bridges Across Borders / Cambodia / Cambodian Government / Cambodian Labour Confederation / Chhith Sam Ath / Christian Aid / civil society / Council of Ministers / donors / draft law / Housing Rights Taskforce / Human Rights Watch / incitement / International Aid / Koy Kuong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / NGO Forum / NGOs / Oxfam / Phay Siphan / Phil Robertson / protests / railway rehabilitation project / resettlement impacts / Sahmakum Teang Tnaut / umbrella groups / villagers
NGO Forum confirmed yesterday it had received a “warning letter” from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over its advocacy on behalf of communities affected by a railway rehabilitation project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and AusAID. The warning to the umbrella group of 88 ...
Defiance Greets World Bank's Funding Freeze
- 10 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Economy and commerce / Multilateral development assistance / World Bank
- Annette Dixon / Annette Dixon World Bank Country Director / bank / Boeng Kak / Boeng Kak Lake / Boeng Kak Lake Area / Boeng Kak Lake residents / Boeng Kak land case / Cambodia / Cheam Yeap / Cheam Yeap chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Economy / Chinese aid / Council of Ministers / Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan / country funding / CPP / CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap / Development / donor / donors / Erdeos Hong Jun Investment Co / Erdos Hong Jun Investment / EU / European Union aid / evictions / finance / Finance Ministry / foreign investment board / foreign investor / foreign investors / Funding / funding freeze / Government / Government officials / Housing / Housing Rights Groups / Hun Sen / International Committees / Japanese aid / Korea / land / land titling / Lending / lending conditions / misappropriated money / Money / National Assembly / National Assembly's Commission on Economy / Phay Siphan / Phay Siphan Council of Ministers spokesman / Phnom Penh / prime minister / proposed projects / Real estate / real estate project / Union / World Bank / World Bank Country Director / World Bank Country Director Annette Dixon / WorldBank-supported projects
Government officials yesterday dismissed the World Bank’s recently revealed decision to freeze funding for new projects in Cambodia to protest a Phnom Penh real estate project that has forced thousand of families out of their homes. A housing rights group closely following the evictions said ...
