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FOREWORD
This document is
different from the Position Papers that the Royal Government has presented
to development partners at previous Consultative Group meetings for
Cambodia. The purpose of this document is to present to our national and
international development partners a succinct summary of the issues that
will need to be addressed to effectively implement the National Strategic
Development Plan (NSDP) for 2006-2010 period and to improve aid
effectiveness. It provides an update on macroeconomic performance,
monetary and fiscal performance, and Government’s policy performance. It
presents a summary of the development priorities outlined in the National
Strategic Development Plan for 2006-2010. It also provides an update on
progress that has been made over the last year in building partnerships
with all development partners -- the multilateral and international
development cooperation partners, private sector and the civil society –
to enhance aid effectiveness. It outlines the challenges that both the
Royal Government and the development partners face to enhance aid
effectiveness and has identified priority areas to which the development
partners urgently need to give a high priority. Finally, it presents
information on development cooperation support that will be required, in
addition to national resources, to support the development programs and
projects outlined in the three year rolling Public Investment Program
(PIP) for 2006-2008 to implement the NSDP 2006-2010, both were approved by
the Royal Government on 27 January 2006.
To achieve its
development goals, the Royal government of Cambodia is fully and firmly
committed to the principles of good governance and to fully implementing
the Rectangular Strategy, in particular to maintain sound macro‑economic
policies and fiscal discipline. The RGC will do its utmost to raise
national savings and capital resources to provide as much funds as
possible for its development programs. I am confident that this document
will help our development cooperation partners to harmonize among
themselves and to align their support to Royal Government's priorities
that have been laid out in the PIP 2006-2008 and the NSDP 2006-2010.
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Phnom Penh, 15 February 2006
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KEAT CHHON, MP
Senior Minister, Minister of Economy
and Finance
First Vice Chairman, Council for the Development of Cambodia
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