Abstract/Summary
The rising fuel and food prices Cambodia experienced in 2008 pushed year on year inflation above 20 percent in March – August. Although high food prices negatively affect everyone, they impact more severely on the poor, especially net food buyers. In Cambodia, the poorest 40 percent of the population spend 70 percent of their income on food. Most of these food-insecure households live in poor rural areas, particularly the Tonle Sap and Mekong Plain regions. The urban poor were also badly affected, though there have been adequate income opportunities for them.
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