Moving Out of Poverty? Trends in Community Well-Being and Household Mobility in Nine Cambodian Villages
The Moving Out of Poverty Study (MOPS) is a first of its kind in Cambodia, one of 18 studies commissioned by the World Bank to examine poverty dynamics and trends. Conducted in 2004/05, the study revisited nine rural villages in which CDRI had conducted research in 2001, using quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate the extent to which...
Pro-Poor Tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This study of pro-poor tourism in five countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region emphasizes how tourism has become, or continues to be, a significant driver of economic growth and development in all the participating countries—Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province of China. At the same time, the governments of the less developed of...
Where Decentralisation Meets Democracy: Civil Society, Local Government, and Accountability in Cambodia
This working paper explores the intersection of decentralisation and democratic development in Cambodia, focusing on the role of community-based organisations (CBOs) in enhancing local government accountability. Drawing on field research in five communes, the study examines three types of CBOs—School Support Committees (SSCs), Forestry Communities...
“We Are Living with Worry All the Time” A Participatory Poverty Assessment of the Tonle Sap
Executive SummaryThe Participatory Poverty Assessment of the Tonle Sap (PPA) has been undertaken by CDRI in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The study employed qualitative research methods covering 24 villages in the six provinces around the Tonle Sap Lake. The main objective of the...
