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.
| Type: |
Study; Dissemination |
| Duration: |
18 December 2003 – 31 March 2005 |
| Executing Agency: |
Ministry of Planning |
| Person Responsible: |
M. Mitra, Mekong Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources
Division |
| TA Amount: |
$ 250,000 |
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Topics 
Poverty Reduction 
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