Abstract
Cambodia has been growing rapidly over the few decades. Cambodia has enjoyed the fastest-growing economies and has sustained an average growth rate of 8% between 1998 and 2018 but poverty continues to fall in Cambodia. The poverty rate was 13.5% in 2014 compared to 47.8% in 2007. And about 90% of the poor live in the countryside. Poverty Reduction is arithmetically a function of economic growth rates and income distribution and changes in income distribution. This research aims to provide how to promote good governance for sustainable development in Cambodia. It examines the key issues related to governance structures and national reforms to enhance good governance. The analysis and findings from this research aim to contribute insights for policy-making by the Royal Government of Cambodia Keywords: Good Governance, Poverty Reduction, Enhance, Reform, Cambodia DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-6-04 Publication date: June 30th 2020
Highlights
1.1 Brief Background“Reforms are a life and death issue for Cambodia” -Prime Minister Samdech HUN SEN “Good Governance is the most important precondition to economic development with sustainability, equity and social justice
GG by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) mainly focuses on the four reforms such as: (a) judicial and legal reform; (b) public administration reform; (c) anti-corruption reform; and (d) Royal Cambodian Armed Forces reform (Cambodia, 2004-2008; 2008-2013; 2013-2018)
The main objective of this study is to support the efforts of the Royal Government of Cambodia to enhance governance and reduce the poverty and for the sustainable development
Summary
1.1 Brief Background“Reforms are a life and death issue for Cambodia” -Prime Minister Samdech HUN SEN “Good Governance is the most important precondition to economic development with sustainability, equity and social justice. Good Governance requires wide participation, enhanced sharing of information, accountability, transparency, equality, inclusiveness and the rule of law. -The Rectangular Strategy 2004 of the Royal Government of Cambodia Good Governance (GG) is an increasingly important development issue in Cambodia. GG is emerging as one of the key strategies to sustain social and economic development in Cambodia (CDRI, 2000). Governance is defined as the manner in which power is exercised in the management of a country’s economic and social resource for development (ADB (1995). GG by the RGC mainly focuses on the four reforms such as: (a) judicial and legal reform; (b) public administration reform; (c) anti-corruption reform; and (d) Royal Cambodian Armed Forces reform (Cambodia, 2004-2008; 2008-2013; 2013-2018). The main objective of this study is to support the efforts of the Royal Government of Cambodia to enhance governance and reduce the poverty and for the sustainable development
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