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Phnom Penh, 18 July, 2007—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has reaffirmed its support for Cambodia’s reform effort by approving the Poverty Reduction and Growth Operation (PRGO). This is the first of three operations that focus on the “good governance” reform program laid out in the Government’s National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP), 2006-2010. Through [...]

Asia is a puzzle. China, India and several other countries are enjoying rapid economic growth. Yet some 600 million Asians – more than the entire population of Latin America – live on less than a dollar a day. But this puzzle is also an opportunity:  if China and India can sustain their 8-10 percent annual [...]

Cambodia has made greater than expected progress in reducing poverty over the last decade, a new report released said: but new and more complex institutional and policy changes and strengthened partnerships are needed if Cambodia is to achieve its Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 and giving millions of Cambodians a better quality [...]

From March 27 to April 7, 2006, a joint mission by the World Bank and the Government of Germany through GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) reviewed progress on the preparation of a proposed Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project (LASED). The proposal is being prepared under the guidance of the Council for Land Policy [...]

he World Bank is preparing a new Poverty Assessment for the Consultative Group Meeting to be held in March 2006. World Bank newsletter interviews Tim Conway, Poverty Specialist at the World Bank’s Cambodia Office, about poverty rates, poverty lines and related indicators. Q: How is the poverty line calculated? A: To calculate a “poverty line” [...]