COUNCIL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAMBODIA (CDC)

3.6 DISBURSEMENTS BY DONOR AND SECTOR IN 2001

55. In 2001, among the bi-lateral donors the four largest donors were Japan (just over US$ 100 million), France (US$ 36 million), United States (US$ 23.8 million), and Australia (US$ 19.9 million). These four countries accounted for nearly three-quarters of ODA received from all bi-lateral donors. Japans contribution of just over US$ 100 million constituted over 46 percent of total ODA disbursed by bi-lateral donors and over 21 percent of ODA received by Cambodia in 2001. The three sectors – Transport (nearly 28 million), Social Development (US$ 23.1 million), and Economic Management (US$ 16.1 million) – have received over two-thirds of Japan’s development assistance in 2001 (Table 6). The majority of development assistance from France has been provided to the following sectors: Health sector (US$ 7.6 million), Education/HRD sector (US$ 7.4 million), Social Development (US$ 6.3 million), Development Administration (US$ 4.8 million), and Agriculture sector (nearly US$ 4 million). The bulk of the development assistance from the United States has gone to the Health sector (US$ 11 million) and Development Administration (nearly US$ 8 million). The majority of the support provided by Australia in 2001 was in the following four sectors: Area Development (US$ 6.5 million), Education/HRD (US$ 4.3 million), Agriculture sector (US$ 3.5 million), and Health sector (US$ 2.2 million).

56. Within the multi-lateral agencies, the majority of assistance by UN System agencies was provided as humanitarian, relief and food aid. Other areas of support have included: Health sector, Area Development, Development Administration, Education/HRD, and Social development. The bulk of the support from the European Union was provided to the Agriculture sector (US$ 8 million) and Education/HRD (US$ 6.7 million). The majority of development assistance from IFIs and IFAD, that is in the form of loans, in the areas of Economic Management (US$ 28.5 million), Social Development (US$ 23.3 million), Transport sector (US$ 19.1 million), Area Development (US$ 16.6 million), Health sector (US$ 14.4 million), and Agriculture sector (US$ 10.9 million).

57. The development assistance from the NGOs has been concentrated in the following five areas: Health sector (US$ 14.3 million), Area Development (US$ 11.4 million), Social Development (US$ 7.7 million), Education/HRD (US$ 5.2 million), Development Administration (US$ 3.9 million), and Agriculture sector (US$ 1.1 million).