Cooperative efforts enable more than 40 different nationalities to coexist peacefully in a region of China. Viewing ethnic diversity and interethnic exchanges as strength enables this region made up of more than 40 groups to cooperatively achieve economic growth, shared information, and improved educational systems.
This article discusses how the IFC-managed Mekong Project Development Facility helped revive one of Cambodia’s key industries, rice production, by supporting millers’ associations in eight provinces.
Part of the Consultations with the Poor. Background research to inform 'Voices of the Poor' and the 'World Development Report 2000/1: Attacking Poverty.'
From 1998 to the present, the Ministry of Health of the Royal Government of Cambodia has conducted an operations research on the feasibility, impact, and cost-effectiveness of government contracting with non-government organizations (NGOs) to deliver health services as an alternative to conventional government provision. The Cambodia case study suggests that government contracting of the provision of health services to nongovernmental entities is not only feasible but can potentially increase the coverage of health services in a short time.
This paper analyses how adjustment policies affected the poor in Asian economies, focusing on the period up to 1997. It shows that there was a significant reduction in both private income poverty and social income poverty over the previous thirty years.
Development process in Papua New Guinea does not affect all women equally because of pre contact gender and age stratification. The pre-contact Ganaga society has very clearly defined strata for women, based on their age and responsibilities. Usually older menopausal women are considered to be full adult status. This gives them extra opportunities and responsibilities as also access to extra domestic roles. Hence, development process does not touch all women in the Ganaga and should be modified into short term economic return projects to be more effective. Another way would be to introduce rotating credit and/or labor association within women.
This paper focuses on a specific area of health financing, the allocation of public resources, and the extent to which different approaches enable poor people to access essential services.
