Cambodia : An IEG Country Assistance Evaluation, 1999-2006
Cambodia emerged in the early 1990s from 30 years of conflict, the brutal Khmer Rouge era, and a decade of Vietnamese occupation, with one of the world’s lowest per-capita incomes, and with social indicators far behind those of neighboring Southeas...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25126737/cambodia-ieg-country-assistance-evaluation-1999-2006 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22739 |
| Summary: | Cambodia emerged in the early 1990s from
30 years of conflict, the brutal Khmer Rouge era, and a
decade of Vietnamese occupation, with one of the world’s
lowest per-capita incomes, and with social indicators far
behind those of neighboring Southeast Asian countries.
Physical infrastructure had been largely destroyed. United
Nations intervention led to a peace agreement in 1991, a new
constitution, elections, and formation of a coalition
government, although a reduced level of conflict and
political instability continued until the late 1990s. The
government began a process of economic liberalization in the
late 1980s which has been sustained. The donor world
responded rapidly to Cambodia’s huge resource need with a
high level of concessional aid which has been sustained.
Since the mid-1990s the economy has been growing steadily;
by 2006, per-capita incomes were double the 1998 level and
the incidence of poverty had been significantly reduced.
Social indicators have improved, generally to above the
average for low-income countries, but are still well below
those for most Southeast Asian countries. The Bank has
focused on governance issues with increasing intensity in
each succeeding country assistance strategy, and has worked
with other donors in a number of areas. Progress has been
made on certain governance-related issues such as public
financial management, including expenditure reorientation,
the poverty focus in health and education services, and
support for decentralized, community-based development programs. |
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