Technical Assistance and Capacity Development in an Aid-dependent Economy: The Experience of Cambodia
To what extent can external technical assistance develop the capacity of counterparts, whether in government or in local nongovernmental organizations (LNGOs) in an aid-dependent economy? Cambodia's experience since 1993 suggests that most projects in such a situation are donor-driven in their identification, design and implementation, to the detri...
Cambodia 1999-2000: Land, Labour and Rural Livelihood in Focus
This working paper provides a comprehensive analysis of Cambodia’s macroeconomic performance and rural development challenges during 1999–2000. It is structured in three chapters: the first outlines macroeconomic trends, highlighting a return to growth and stability following the 1997 crises, with GDP growth reaching 4.5 percent in 1999, driven by...
Social Assessment of Land in Cambodia: A Field Study
This working paper presents a comprehensive social assessment of land issues in Cambodia, conducted as a precursor to a national land titling and registration initiative. The study explores the complex landscape of land ownership, governance, and conflict resolution across rural and urban settings. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork in six provinces...
Land Tenure in Cambodia: A Data Update
This working paper presents a comprehensive update on land tenure in Cambodia, focusing on land use patterns, concession allocations, registration systems, and socio-economic implications. Drawing on aerial mapping, government records, and eight major surveys conducted between 1995 and 2000, the study analyses forest, agricultural, and fishing conc...
A Study of the Cambodian Labour Market: Reference to Poverty Reduction, Growth and Adjustment to Crisis
This working paper explores the nature and trajectory of Cambodia’s labour market, analysing both its structure and recent trends. On this basis, it examines the links between the labour market, poverty reduction and growth, and the impact which recent political and economic crises have had on the conditions of labour. Cambodia faces the dual a...
Labour Markets in Transitional Economies in Southeast Asia and Thailand: A Study in Four Countries
The research examines links between the labour market, economic growth and poverty reduction; assesses the impact of internal and external crises on the labour market; and reviews existing policies that affect the labour market.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development at the School of Agriculture Prek Leap: An Institutional Case Study
Arising from ashes left by the Khmer Rouge regime, the School of Agriculture Prek Leap (SAPL), like many other government institutions, has relied heavily on foreign assistance for its development. Apart from material support, technical assistance (TA) has played a major role in building both individual and institutional capacity. There is no d...
Land Ownership, Sales and Concentration in Cambodia
Land is the most important productive asset in agrarian societies such as Cambodia’s. Throughout Cambodian history, land ownership rights have varied with changes in government. In the period before French colonisation (pre-1863), when all land belonged to the sovereign, people were freely allowed to till unoccupied land and could cultivate as...
Technical Assistance and Capacity Development in an Aid-dependent Economy: the Experience of Cambodia
Cambodia is aid-dependent: the scale of aid is of such magnitude that it distorts the economy in two important ways. First, a high proportion of Cambodia’s best-educated people either work for donor agencies or international non-government organisations (NGOs) or have been assigned to donors’ projects as counterparts. This raises the price of e...