NGO STATEMENT TO THE 2002 CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING ON CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh, 19-21 June, 2002

　

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Executive Summary.........................................................................................................	iii
I.	NGO Statement to the 2002 CG Meeting..........................................................................	1
	Poverty Reduction Strategy in Cambodia.........................................................................	1
	(i) NGOs’ Poverty Focus.................................................................................................	1
	(ii) Poverty Reduction: Balance between macro-economic and social & environmental policies.....................................................................................................................	1
	(iii) Cambodia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Lessons from the process to date for the process ahead.................................................................................................................	2
	Trade Policy....................................................................................................................	3
	Civil Service Reform and Anti-corruption Measures...........................................................	4
	Legal and Judicial Reform.................................................................................................	5
	Election Reforms.............................................................................................................	5
	Agriculture and Natural Resources Management...............................................................	5
	Decentralization and Poverty Reduction...........................................................................	7
	Partnership and Participation............................................................................................	8
	Other Cross-Cutting Issues in Poverty Reduction..............................................................	8
	Looking Forward.............................................................................................................	9
II.	Sectoral Papers................................................................................................................	10
	Agriculture and Rural Development....................................................................................	11
	Child Rights......................................................................................................................	13
	Decentralization...............................................................................................................	16
	Disability and Rehabilitation...............................................................................................	19
	Disarmament and Demobilization......................................................................................	22
	Education........................................................................................................................	24
	Election Reforms..............................................................................................................	27
	Fisheries..........................................................................................................................	30
	Forestry Sector...............................................................................................................	32
	Gender and Women’s Participation....................................................................................	35
	Governance and Transparency.........................................................................................	37
	Health.............................................................................................................................	40
	HIV/AIDS.........................................................................................................................	42
	Landmines and Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) in Affected Communities............................	44
	Land Reform....................................................................................................................	46
	Mental Health...................................................................................................................	48
	Microfinance....................................................................................................................	49
	Resettlement and Rights of Project-Affected People...........................................................	51
	Rights and Care of Older People........................................................................................	53
	Rule of Law......................................................................................................................	56
	Small Arms Reduction and Management............................................................................	60
	Trade Policy.....................................................................................................................	62
III.	General NGO Information.................................................................................................	66
IV.	References......................................................................................................................	73