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More Cambodian-Americans will be seeking a place at Khmer Rouge tribunal hearings, with the help of a US-based organization. The Center for Justice and Accountability is helping organize applications for victims of the regime who fled to the US but who have the right under tribunal rules to file grievances and applications to be witnesses. A team from the center is now in Cambodia to help move the process along, as the court moves toward a trial of four top leaders

Many resource-rich countries have fallen prey to the natural resource curse [1]. But a handful of developing countries have managed to escape it. This note examines four resource-rich countries and the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 1970s. One, Nigeria, is a well-publicized case of oil wealth impoverishing rather than enriching the [...]

Born in Pursat province Mr. Sin Ngoen first came to Battambang during the time of Pol Pot. Like so many other Cambodians, the then 20 year old was forced from his home and family to work on a collective farm. Working on the farm was hard work and many people died from overwork and malnutrition. [...]

Born in Pursat province Mr. Sin Ngoen first came to Battambang during the time of Pol Pot. Like so many other Cambodians, the then 20 year old was forced from his home and family to work on a collective farm. Working on the farm was hard work and many people died from overwork and malnutrition. [...]

The Ministry of Economy and Finance announced recently that the World Bank (WB) had provided loans and grant aid worth US$ 41.5 million to the Cambodian government for two projects: road construction and distribution of land to the poor, Rasmei Kampuchea reported June 15. The US$ 41.5 million agreement was signed between Finance Minister Keat [...]

The World Bank has held its first Social Accountability School in Cambodia. The school is one of the activities of the Program to Enhance Capacity on Social Accountability (PECSA). PECSA is part of the Demand for Good Governance Project (DFGG) now under preparation, which will be supported by the World Bank. The World Bank Newsletter [...]

Enhancing social accountability by supporting decentralization and promoting citizens as partners for better governance is one of the four objectives of the World Bank Country Assistance Strategy. The World Bank Newsletter had an opportunity to interview Cyprian Fisiy, Social Development Sector Manager, about his work on social accountability and community empowerment. Q. What is the [...]

While the World Bank Social Development team was visiting​​ Kampong Thom province, the World Bank newsletter had an​opportunity to interview Mr. Arnaldo Pellini, Adviser to GTZ, the​German technical cooperation organization, who is working on civil​society and local governance issues, and on a community-based rural​ ​development project. Q. Could you tell us briefly about your work [...]

By Prum Sokha The author has personally been involved in all three of the post-Paris Peace Agreement elections in Cambodia. These were the United Nation-organized election for a Constituent Assembly in May 1993, the election for the National Assembly five years later in July 1998, and the nation-wide Commune Council Elections in February 2002. Each [...]