Cambodia

Some of the headings included in this issue of the World Bank Cambodia newsletter: young labor force is country's most precious asset; World Bank organizes study tour... Show More + for youth; land gift transforms the lives of poor people; health equity fund a lifesaver for the poor; outstanding award for model sangkat; and scholarships ease burden for student's families. Show Less -

Lead author visits Cambodia to launch development and the next generation report. Women leaders' reception to celebrate Women's Day.

Best wishes for a happy Khmer New Year 2006: women leaders gather to discuss their challenges, strengthen their networks, and have some fun. Making poverty history... Show More + in Asia by the year 2015. Show Less -

Contents: Youth, Government and World Bank join forces. Youth Project helps to rebuild hope and reduce violence. Press release: The Royal Government of Cambodia and... Show More + the World Bank announce the completion of the study "Reduction of Fiduciary Risks in World Bank-funded projects in Cambodia." World Bank and corruption. US$34,000 granted to NGOs for youth engagement programs. Show Less -

Government, partners pledge to halve child deaths. Monks discuss religion's role in environmental conservation. Government, World Bank announce new initiative to reduce... Show More + fiduciary risk in Bank-funded projects. Education Project: dropout rate lower, promotion rate higher. Show Less -

The four-'wheel drive pick-up truck sporting Poverty Reduction Program posters drives through the commune with loudspeakers alerting all villagers that the show was... Show More + about to begin. A light rain is falling, the ground is muddy and it is completely dark (which leads to a somewhat comical scene of road show facilitators working by the meager light of their cell-phones). However, neither the light nor the rain deters, the more than hundred villagers from gathering to watch a 20-minute documentary entitled "Twenty Strategic Actions to Reduce Poverty at the Local Level." We are at Chun Rok commune, one of 50 communes in 13 provinces and cities selected for a mobile road show to raise people's awareness of the goals and activities of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS). Show Less -