Overview of Civil Society: Cambodia
Asian Development Bank | November 2011
Abstract
Traditionally, the dominant form of social organization was Pagoda-based associations, which encouraged volunteerism and social service in Cambodia, with strong participation at the village level. Pagoda associations existed before the Khmer Rouge, survived through that time despite repression, and are now again present in numbers in rural Cambodia. Pagoda associations currently do not seem to be linked systematically into development programs or decentralized government structures, and are considered quite separate from the nongovernment organization (NGO) sector in Cambodia. Other types of grassroots organizations or community-based organizations (CBOs), on the other hand, are numerous and usually linked to development projects. CBOs based on location (e.g., Village Development Committees); a certain interest (farming, fisheries, and water and sanitation); or a group of people (women, the elderly) are present in most villages in Cambodia, but are essentially endogenous to communities and reliant on outside support.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2011. Overview of Civil Society: Cambodia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2722. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Challenges
Development Planning
Millennium Development Goals
Policy Development
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Capital Market Development
Development Economics
Financial Sector Development
Technology Development
World Development Indicators
Evaluation Methods
Development assistance
ADB
Curriculum development
Development assistance
Development aid
Development indicators
Development potential
Development models
Project appraisal
Performance appraisal
Economic development
Economic indicators
Government programs
Economic growth
Economic policy
Industrial development
Industrial policy
Technology assessment
Economic evaluation
Economic forecast
Input output analysis
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Infrastructure
Central planning
Endowment of research
Partnership
Joint venture
Nation-building
Risk assessment
Economic development projects
Economic forecasting
Industrial research
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Economic policy
Economic forecasting
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