Expenditure Policy to Promote Growth: Cambodia

Glenn Jenkins () and Andrey Klevchuk
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Andrey Klevchuk: Economist, Cambridge Resources International Inc. Cambridge, MA, USA

No 2006-06, Development Discussion Papers from JDI Executive Programs

Abstract: The objectives of this study are to identify the most important constraints to achieving higher rates of pro-poor growth in Cambodia, and to propose some public sector expenditure policies that might address these constraints. The approach taken in this study is to look at the objectives, size, composition, and financing of government expenditures since the late 1990s to the present time. There are three problems facing Cambodia that we take up in this paper which the public sector expenditure policies in the next years should address. First, there is a high incidence of poverty, particularly in the rural areas (90 percent of the poor), with at least 4 million in 2000 falling below the poverty line. Much of this poverty is caused by the lack of food security. Second, the system of public administration is weak. Third, the amount and quality of the infrastructure is very low outside of the main cities.

Keywords: Cambodia; expenditure policies; infrastructure; poverty eradication; food security (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 H83 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 91 pages
Date: 2006-06
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Working Paper: EXPENDITURE POLICY TO PROMOTE GROWTH: CAMBODIA (2006)
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