FOREWORD

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. 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 Development Cooperation Report 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 Development Cooperation Reports have been prepared by CDC/CRDB with assistance from UNDP. The information presented in the annual Development Cooperation Reports is based on data collected by CDC/CRDB each year from development partners on their actual and planned disbursements. Although a serious effort is made to validate the data from other secondary sources the scope and reliability of the information presented in the Development Cooperation reports depends largely on the data provided by the development partners.

The annual Development Cooperation Reports have now become an integral part of the documentation that is presented by the Royal Government of Cambodia at the annual Consultative Group meetings. The annual 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.

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 continuing support in the preparation of this report.

Phnom Penh, 03 May 2002

KEAT CHHON, MP

Senior Minister, Minister of Economy and Finance

and First Vice-Chairman of the CDC


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