Gender and Development in Cambodia: An Overview
This paper highlights the gender gaps in contemporary Cambodian society, and discusses the constraints and underlying attitudes which determine women’s disadvantaged position.As new resources, opportunities and structures are introduced in the course of development in Cambodia, gender differentials are becoming apparent. Underlying assumptions...
The UNICEF/Community Action for Social Development Experience: Learning from Rural Development Programmes
This working paper situates the findings of the UNICEF/CASD case study in the context of CDRI Working Paper No. 4, which is a comparative analysis of the joint Cambodia Development Resource Institute/Ministry of Rural Development research project entitled Learning from Rural Development Programmes in Cambodia. The analysis of that Working Paper,...
Cambodia: The Challenge of Productive Employment Creation
Economic growth in Cambodia came to an abrupt halt in 1997 as the domestic political crisis and the external financial crisis took their toll. However, Cambodia has been comparatively mildly affected by the Asian crisis and, provided that political stability can be achieved, there are good chances that the economic decline in 1997 will become li...
Interdependence in Household Livelihood Strategies in Two Cambodian Villages
At the outset of this paper I would like to acknowledge the contributions of research team members Keo Keriya and Chan Sophal. From early September to late November 1996, our team of three conducted qualitative research in two village communities to complement a broader, quantitative CDRI study on rural household food security undertaken in collabo...
Food Security in an Asian Transitional Economy: The Cambodian Experience
This working paper details the results of a study carried out from 1996 to 1997 of 244 households in three villages selected for their contrasting characteristics. One is in a rice surplus area of Prey Veng province; the second, in Kompong Speu province, is in a drought-prone area subject to violent fluctuations in rice production; the third, o...
Regional Economic Integration for Sustainable Development in Cambodia
This working paper discusses the implication of regional economic integration for Cambodia’s sustainable development. The ultimate goal of economic integration is reconstruction and development in Cambodia, but the links between ASEAN/AFTA and Cambodia’s longterm sustainable development have been paid relatively little attention. What is the na...
Learning from Rural Development Programmes in Cambodia
This working paper represents a comparative analysis of the joint Ministry of Rural Development and Cambodia Development Resource Institute research project entitled Learning from Rural Development Programmes in Cambodia. The analysis aims to generate lessons learned from a comparison of six development programmes to inform policy-making within...