Author: Oul Nak
AIT Library Call Number: AIT RSPR no.RD-07-09
Year: 2007
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2007
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The research dealt with the assessing social and benefits of the rural water supply in Cambodia. The research was focused on the examination of sources and accessibility of the existing rural water supply and the purpose of water use, the assessment of social and economic benefits of the rural water supply to rural households and the identification of problems and needs relating to the rural water supply. The research was conducted in the two villages in Srayov commune, Kampong Thom province, Cambodia. A household survey questionnaire was used with a total of 62 sampled households as a prime method for data collection. The research was focused on quantitative analysis but qualitative technique was also applied. The findings showed that all kinds of rural water supply projects supported by government, UNICEF, NGOs and civil society after 1998 including dug wells with concrete pipe, shallow and deep wells with a hand-pump within the study area has provided various sources of water to rural households and they has accessed to those sources. The sampled households used the water from those sources mainly for domestic consumption but it showed the increasing trend to use the water for agricultural purposes as well. The sampled households received both social and economic benefits from the use of the rural water supply. The findings showed that they gained several types of social benefits at a moderate level including domestic use, eater quantity and quality, treatment, health and sanitary improvement, reducing time used in water collection and burden of women and children in water collection. Regarding the economic benefits, they received those at a low level including growing vegetables and raised livestock. Because of the accessibility to the water, it helped them to earn supplementary income from the practice of those agricultural activities and reducing the medical costs from water-borne diseases. Key problems identified by the sampled households were poor water quality, inadequate water in a dry season, long dis
Scholarship Donor(s): Norway
Note: A research proposal submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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