COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAMBODIA (CDC)

1. INTRODUCTION

1. As part of its mandate, the Council for the Development of Cambodia/Cambodian Rehabilitation and Development Board (CDC/CRDB) produces a Development Cooperation Report (DCR) that provides information on the Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by external development partners of Cambodia. This report is based on data collected by CDC/CRDB from all bi-lateral and multi-lateral partners including IFIs on actual and planned disbursements of their assistance to Cambodia.

2. This Development Cooperation Report presents preliminary estimates on ODA disbursements for the year 2003 and data on actual disbursements as reported by the external partners for the year 2002. As in the previous reports, the data on disbursements is summarized by type and terms of assistance, by sector, and by major donor. In addition, this report includes for the years 2002 and 2003 a summary of ODA disbursements cross tabulated by donor and sector and by province.

3. In terms of methodology, the data for the preparation of the annual Development Cooperation Reports is collected through a survey questionnaire that is sent to all bi-lateral and multi-lateral development partners at the beginning of each year by CDC/CRDB. The survey questionnaire is designed to collect information on each on-going and planned program/project for which assistance was or is planned to be provided. Unfortunately, some of the partners do not provide detailed information on their supported programs/projects that makes the task of developing a comprehensive picture of ODA disbursements by type and term of assistance, sector, or the target geographic location of assistance a bit difficult. Also, not all partners respond to the survey in time. The estimates presented here include estimates for the missing based on the best available information, where possible. For the NGOs, information on disbursements is compiled from data reported to the NGO Department of the CDC/CRDB by the NGOs.

4. In terms of classification of the ODA data by type and terms of assistance and sector, the OECD/United Nations standard classification methodology is used. Under this system, the type of assistance is classified in the following categories: Free-Standing Technical Cooperation; Investment-related Technical Cooperation; Capital/Investment Project Assistance for public investment projects; Budgetary Aid/Balance of Payments Support; Food Aid and Humanitarian/Emergency Relief Assistance. More information on the definition of type and terms of assistance is provided in Annex II.

5. Many donors implement their programs/projects, either in part or entirely, through UN agencies and/or through non-government organizations (NGOs). Also, a significant number of co-financing agreements are made by bi-lateral donor agencies to deliver their programs through multi-lateral agencies and international financial institutions. In order to avoid "double counting", the disbursements data for the UN agencies after the year 2000 have been grouped in two categories. The first category shows their “total program delivery” irrespective of the source of funds. The second category represents an estimate on disbursements of UN agencies “own resources” in the delivery of their programs. Similarly, in the case of NGOs adjustments have been made to include only their "core and/or own resources" (funds from private donors, religious bodies, philanthropic organizations and other non-government funding bodies). Finally, the data on disbursements reported by development partners in their own currencies have been converted into US $ using the United Nations official exchange rates.

6. The report begins by presenting information on pledges and disbursements of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) received by Cambodia since 1992. The information on disbursements is provided by type and term of assistance, by sector and donor, and for the years 2002 and 2003 a cross tabulation of disbursements data by sector and donor. Also, starting in the year 2002, an additional tabulation is included on disbursements by province. In addition, a separate document is available that provides a listing of ODA supported programs/projects by: (i) donor; (ii) by sector and donor; and (iii) by province for the years 2002 and 2003.

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