Thursday, December 4, 2008

Cambodia ask foreign donors not to withdraw aid

AP reports that Prime Minister Hun Sen ask foreign donors to keep support Cambodia despite the global finincal crisis. Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world. International donors including the World Bank has expressed concern about corruption and inefficiency in Cambodia's administration of aid. At the opening of a two-day meeting to coordinate assistance, Hun Sen tried to assure the donors that the long-delayed anti-corruption law is soon to be adopted.

3 comments:

Rich Garella said...

They've been promising this anti-corruption law for years now -- and if they wanted to pass it, it would be done in five minutes.

johanna said...

And even if they finally would approve the law, I doubt they will do much to implement it...

Rich Garella said...

And if they would do much to implement it, it would probably mean the law doesn't say much of anything.