貧困と開発に関する記事のプノンペンポストとカンボジアデイリーからの切り抜き（4月6日～12日）。

日本の援助で「つばさ橋（ネアックルン橋）」完成、メコン川

The 2.2-km Tsubasa Bridge—built with $127 million in Japanese grants—was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Hun Sen here Monday morning. Spanning the Mekong River, it will connect Phnom Penh by road to the provinces of Svay Rieng and Prey Veng, and to neighboring Vietnam. (ADB’s efforts to make good off to shaky start, audit finds)

アジア開発銀行の鉄道案件、住民移転に不備

A review of the Asian Development Bank’s actions to remedy “major” failings in its provision of compensation and resettlement to thousands of families affected by a $143 million railway project it funded has found the bank failed to meet a number of its commitments. (ADB’s efforts to make good off to shaky start, audit finds)

プノンペン都市部の貧困層、土地の所有権で不利

Cambodia’s land-titling review process lacks transparency and clarity and is in danger of leaving behind Phnom Penh’s urban poor, according to a new report. (Urban poor more likely to lack titles: report)

カンボジア政府、中国へのコメ輸出倍増へ向け交渉開始

The Ministry of Commerce is working with its Chinese counterparts to renew a rice trade agreement, which will likely expire this month, and has requested to double the existing 100,000-tonne quota of rice Cambodia is currently able to export to China, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. (Gov’t requests to double rice exports to China)

農民の生産性向上を政府が後押し、情報技術へのアクセス向上へ

The policy will be implemented using a five-pronged approach: strengthening the regulatory framework on agricultural extension; increasing the capacity of officers and agents; incorporating affordable and practical farming techniques; improved information and messaging; and better delivery systems for this information. (Farmers to reap info flow: gov’t)

クメール・ルージュ、プノンペン陥落から40年、1975年4月12日

For those living in Phnom Penh on April 12, 1975, the U.S. Embassy helicopters that took off on a one-way journey that day, carrying a few hundred foreigners and Cambodians to safety, signaled the end of civil war and the victory of the Khmer Rouge. (Remembering ‘Operation Eagle Pull’ 40 Years On)