Author: Siv Senith
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-01-03
Year: 2001
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2001
Examination Committee: B.W.E. Wickramanayake (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Eradication of poverty is a challenged long-term goal of the Royal Government of Cambodia. In the context of Cambodia, besides the government efforts the international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) also play extraordinary important role to this endeavor. Virtually, they are having the same goal. Given this reason, to analyze the present status of relationship between the two development agencies and explore mechanisms to enhance an effective partnership for development becomes a rationale to conduct the study. The Phnom Penh City was the target place to conduct the interviews and discussions with respondents at national level as well as operational level in Battambang Province. Setting up policy and regulations, the project cycle including local institutional and capacity building was the scope in which the partnership between the two development agencies was analyzed. The research showed that the desire for partnership for community development on the governments is higher than INGOs. These two development agencies have high cooperation in the areas of local capacity building and implementation of development activities and they have positive influence with each other in the areas of policy and regulation formations, selecting target areas for development as well as establishing local institutions for community development. Unfortunately, they have weak cooperation in the areas of managing and utilizing financial resources and evaluating the achievements of the projects, which are the crucial issue of mutual accountability and transparency for the utilization of scarce resources to benefit poor. The problems that make partnership between the two development agencies were found unhealthy, which caused by shortage of competent and commitment of development workers, ineffective government-led coordination, poorly developed national plans and policies, lack of partnership agreement, weak harmonized attitudes of development official and bureaucratic system as well as differentiation on interest. The researc
Scholarship Donor(s): Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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