Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

TA 4283: Participatory Poverty Study of the Tonle Sap Basin - Cambodia
Financed by Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund

Project Summary

The TA will help build an authoritative knowledge base on poverty in Tonle Sap and its perimeters. The TA is expected to facilitate the direct participation of the poor living on and around the Tonle Sap, in discussing their experiences of poverty and disadvantage impacts of macro level factors, and providing their perspectives regarding development policies and programs that are likely to bring about alleviation of poverty and sustainable development in livelihood and the people’s well-being.

Specifically, the TA will examine:

• dimensions and causes of poverty and vulnerability from the viewpoint of the poor
• the nature of livelihoods and assets; connectivity between different sets of livelihoods
• access to common property resources
• the role of markets for goods and services, including the fisheries, agricultural commodities, and labor
• access to production support, including credit, information, food, and other consumables.

• Consultant's Report
• TA Paper
• Related site