Dr SARTHI Acharya

Former Director

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SARTHI Acharya


Working Papers 26

In rural Cambodia, options to maintain sustainable livelihoods have been limited to subsistence agriculture for reasons that are largely historical. Efforts to modernise the economy during the 1950s and 1960s bore some fruit, but the real impact was restricted to a few urban areas. During the 1980s and 1990s, some activities fanned out into the...

Cambodia Development Review 6 - 4

Working Papers 25

This working paper presents findings from a comprehensive field survey conducted by the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) across nine villages representing Cambodia’s four agro-climatic zones. The study investigates rural livelihoods, land distribution, farm productivity, food security, and vulnerability to crises. Data from 1,005 hous...

Working Papers 22

This working paper investigates the dynamics of land transactions in Cambodia from 1995 to 2001, focusing on both residential and agricultural land. Drawing on official records from the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and supplemented by qualitative field inquiries, the study reveals significant trends in formal and inf...

Working Papers 24

This working paper presents findings from field studies conducted in six Cambodian villages to assess rural livelihoods, land use, and food security. Despite an initially equitable land distribution following de-collectivisation in 1989, the study reveals growing land inequality and landlessness, exacerbated by population growth, land atomisation,...

Cambodia Development Review 6 - 2