Road to a better Cambodia: Increase local government funding
Despite decades of political stability and economic growth, the post-conflict Cambodia is still struggling to address extreme poverty, poor governance and the improvement of public services as the result of weak institutions and a bureaucracy in which state functions and resources are centralised and patronaged.
Indeed, the Cambodian government has introduced decentralisation and deconcentration reforms in an effort to strengthen the efficiency of service delivery and local community development.
As the key implementer, however, local government is struggling with insufficient funding, which poses significant threats to the success of the reform agenda.
