According to a study conducted in , about 2. The necessary infrastructure to lift millions out of poverty has not been a priority for the Cambodian government. Hospitals are also low-quality, and the impoverished cannot receive proper care and treatment. In the garment industry, many Western clothing brands have canceled orders or are ordering far less garment products than before. And in tourism, international visitors are now avoiding Cambodia and its neighbors as COVID infections continue to spread and countries implement far-reaching travel restrictions.
What's now important is to keep the number of infections low. If you do that, the chances of restarting the economy are very good," she said. Although poverty will certainly increase, the ADB director expects that the Cambodian government will succeed in preventing extreme situations.
It's not going to get these people out of poverty, but it can ensure that they have access to the very basic things, like food and shelter," Duranni-Jamal said. In the garment industry, many Western brands have canceled orders or are ordering far less garment products than before. But an end to the harsh times is not in sight. In July, the United Nations warned that the crisis threatens to destroy the livelihoods of million informal workers in Southeast Asia.
ADB director Durrani-Jamal confirms that the coronavirus crisis is partly undoing Cambodia's successful fight against poverty. Let's hope it's temporary. Brand new luxury condominiums are springing up across the capital Phnom Penh, but the average Cambodian cannot afford to live in them. This has increased dependency on foreign investors. To improve water resource monitoring and data and information exchanges, the project also established 27 hydrological and meteorological monitoring stations, developed seven water resource modeling and river basin profiles, and installed water resources monitoring facilities.
Sixty-eight government staff have been trained to use the decision support system tools. Performance-based contracting for road construction and maintenance is expanding to promote private sector participation and to optimize service quality. The Road Connectivity Improvement Project approved last year will support the MPWT and the Ministry of Rural Development to improve climate resilient and safe road connectivity for over 2 million people, which is critical for them to access key facilities such as schools, hospitals, markets, and economic opportunities.
The technical assistance grants in the transport sector provide analytical and advisory support to government counterparts on green urban mobility solutions, private sector participation in the road sector, climate resilience rural road accessibility, and road safety.
Through the project, the government has allocated 17, hectares of residential and agriculture farmland to 5, landless and land-poor families. So far, 3, families received land titles. Beneficiaries have received basic shelter materials and other in-kind assistance, to help with settling-in.
The project has completed km of roads in its target sites. It also built eight school buildings, 14 teacher houses, five health posts, and 12 community centers and markets. The project also provides improved agriculture extension services, enabling beneficiaries to make the best use of the land, engage in agriculture activities, and to foster more sustainable community development. The Cambodia Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Management Project has been supporting climate resilient rural road connectivity in select provinces and is aimed at providing all-season rural roads to , residents, of which 51 percent are women.
The project will benefit most of the 3. Good progress has been made on Protected Areas PA zoning activities, on the development of a PA law enforcement action plan, and on ecotourism, with plans for engaging private ecotourism operators and companies. There have been , visitors to selected community-based ecotourism sites as of August The Bank has also been actively supporting Public Financial Management PFM and public sector strengthening in Cambodia since beginning with two successive projects and various technical assistance programs.
This program aims to ease institutional bottlenecks in service delivery by focusing not only PFM but also broader public sector reform programs of the government. The program has also helped to build leadership and innovation capacity for senior Cambodian government officials. Improving lower secondary education to meet minimum standards is the goal of a World Bank-supported project in Cambodia.
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