As part of its mandate the Cambodian Rehabilitation and
Development Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC/CRDB)
publishes annually a Development Cooperation Report (DCR). The purpose of
this report is to present a summary of the information on disbursements of
Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by
Cambodia’s external development partners. It includes both current and
historical information on disbursements of ODA from bi-lateral and
multi-lateral partners, the International Financial Institutions as well
as Non-Governmental Organizations.
The first DCR for
Cambodia was issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in
late 1994 to review external development assistance to Cambodia for the
years 1992/93. From then on the annual DCRs have been prepared by CDC/CRDB
with assistance from UNDP. The information presented in the DCRs is based
on data collected by CDC/CRDB each year from development partners on their
actual and planned disbursements. Although an effort is made to validate
the data, the scope and reliability of the information presented in the
Development Cooperation reports depends largely on the quality of data
provided by the development partners. It should be noted, however, that
the ODA to Cambodia reported by some of the development partners may
include expenditures incurred outside Cambodia.
The DCRs have now become an integral part of the
documentation that is presented by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC)
at the Consultative Group meetings. The Development Cooperation Reports
are also an important source of information for the Royal Government in
its decision-making processes concerning external assistance and for
developing appropriate strategies to optimize the use of external
assistance for achieving
Cambodia’s development priorities.
This report presents data on
Cambodia's development partners ODA disbursements in the years 2002 and
2003. A list of projects and programs that were supported by our
development partners is presented in a separate document from this report.
I would like to thank all the development partners of
Cambodia who have provided the data for this report. In particular, I
would like to thank UNDP for its technical assistance to CDC/CRDB over the
last ten years. This broad based assistance has helped the Royal
Government in formulating its policies and institutionalizing processes to
manage ODA in order to optimize the benefits of external assistance for
our people, to build effective partnerships with our national and external
development partners, and for its continuing support to build the capacity
of CDC/CRDB and the preparation of the annual Development Cooperation
Reports.
Phnom Penh, 28 October 2004
KEAT CHHON, MP Senior Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance
First Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia
