Cambodia in 2007: Development and dispossession

Asian Survey

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Hughes, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Development; Dispossession; Elections; Inequality

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTION; PARTY POLITICS; POPULAR PROTEST;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 57749130723     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/as.2008.48.1.69     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. "Cambodia: A Macro View from 2007 to the Medium Term - Key Indicators for Growth, Development and Shared Prosperity," Cambodia Development Review 11:2 (April-June 2007), p. 2
2. Susan Postlethwaite, "Economic Boom Steady at 9% for 2007," Phnom Penh Post, September 7-20, 2007
3. "IMF Statement at the Conclusion of Staff Visit to Cambodia," IMF press release, September 25, 2007, at 〈http://www.imf.org/external/np/ sec/pr/2007/pr07206.htm〉.
4. Allister Heyman, "Can Agriculture Bridge the Gap between Rural and Urban Cambodia?" Phnom Penh Post, June 15-28, 2007.
5. Allister Heyman and Sam Rith, "Lake Dwellers among Thousands to Be Evicted," ibid., February 23-March 8, 2007, 〈http://www.phnompenhpost. com〉.
6. United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Expanding Choices for Rural People, Cambodia Human Development Report 2007 (Phnom Penh: UNDP, 2007), p. 11.
7. Cat Barton, "Grim Picture Painted of All-Pervasive Corruption," Phnom Penh Post, December 29, 2006-January 11, 2007.
8. UNDP, Expanding Choices for Rural People, p. 11.
9. Cat Barton, "Resettlement: The Hidden Cost of Development," Phnom Penh Post, September 21-October 4, 2007.
10. Sue-Lyn Moyle and Aun Pheap, "Prime Minister Talks Tough on Land-Grabbing Issues," ibid., April 6-19, 2007.
11. Global Witness, Cambodia's Family Trees, Illegal Logging, and the Stripping of Public Assets by Cambodia's Elite (Washington, D.C.: Global Witness, 2007), 〈http://www.globalwitness.org/media-library-detail.php/546/ en/cambodias-family-trees〉, accessed November 6, 2007.
12. Economic Institute of Cambodia, "Assessment of Corruption in Cambodia's Private Sector" (Phnom Penh: Economic Institute of Cambodia, 2006), online at 〈http://data.eicambodia.org/publications/Contents/OTR7- Contents.pdf〉.
13. I.e., soccer, in the U.S.
14. Chevron reported finding oil off the south coast of Cambodia in 2005; further exploration continues. The full size of the resource is not yet known, but government reports suggest that oil revenues could begin to flow in two to three years.
15. Robert Carmichael, "A Volatile, High-Octane Blend," Phnom Penh Post, August 15-28, 2003.
16. Caroline Hughes, "The Seila Project in Cambodia," in James Manor, ed., Aid That Works (Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2006)
17. Caroline Hughes and Kheang Un, Aid That Works: The National Response to HIV/AIDS and the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (Phnom Penh: World Bank, 2006).
18. "Cambodia Finds Oil and Changing Fortune," Bangkok Post, December 17, 2006.
19. Charles McDermid and Vong Sokheng, "Opposition Gains but CPP Reigns," Phnom Penh Post, December 29, 2006-January 11, 2007.
20. The average Cambodian household's daily consumption expenditure is about 3,330 riels, or 80 U.S. cents per head; but a third of rural households live on less than 1,800 riel (around 43 U.S. cents) a day (World Bank, Cambodia: Halving Poverty by 2015? Poverty Assessment 2006 [Phnom Penh: World Bank, 2006], p. 23; Table A3.5).