A proposed NGO Law is one of the issues in the news this year. Will such a law be good or bad for NGOs? For this issue the World Bank Newsletter had the opportunity to interview John Clark, World Bank Social Scientist, who has been advising on NGO law in Cambodia. Q: The World Bank [...]
The Government wants the Ministry of Interior to exercise greater oversight of the country’s Non-Government Organizations and Associations, H.E. Sak Sitha, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior told the NGO Fair in Phnom Penh on June 9, 2006. Pivotal to this will be the passage of an NGO Law. The Ministry of Interior [...]
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees freedom of expression. Mr. Toby Mendel, Law Program Director of the international human rights organization, ARTICLE 19 Global Campaign for Free Expression, was invited by the World Bank to address a training seminar at the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection (MONASRI). The World [...]
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 [...]
French-owned petrochemical giant TOTAL and Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation are likely to reach an agreement with the Cambodian government soon to drill offshore oil in the Kingdom. However, Te Doung Dara, secretary general of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority, declined to comment on media that the companies were close to signing drilling contracts for [...]
There was a time, not so long ago, when International Women’s Day would have passed in Cambodia without most people noticing. But its significance is recognized by more people now with each passing year. On March 17th, more than 200 women gathered at a Women Leaders reception to celebrate International Women’s Day. The reception’s guest [...]
The announcement of Cambodia’s first significant petroleum discovery in January 2005 has put Cambodia on a path to becoming a new oil producer. The world petroleum industry has a long history and oil has not always benefited people in the countries where it is discovered for reasons not always easy to understand. This is the [...]
While the World Bank Social Development team was visiting Kampong Thom province, the World Bank newsletter had anopportunity to interview Mr. Arnaldo Pellini, Adviser to GTZ, theGerman technical cooperation organization, who is working on civilsociety and local governance issues, and on a community-based rural development project. Q. Could you tell us briefly about your work [...]