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Southeast Asia Report 22: Development Career

by Ippei Tsuruga Views: 101

November 19, 2007 Phnom Penh (Cambodia)

An ex-classroom used for execution
An ex-classroom used for execution

“Talking to myself”

With a couple of beer, I was thinking about my career as a development worker especially in developing regions. There are many of those professionals from Japan working with very lower salaries in comparison with businessmen. Development does not mean charity or volunteer but something we have to do. How come can I achieve both private and career goals? That was my question.

Water 1000riel
Beer×2 6000riel
Moto 1000riel
Telephone 1600riel
Toul Sleng fee 2$
Internet 6000riel
Trousers 14$
Breakfast & Lunch & Dinner 17000riel
Total 23.55$

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Author: Ippei TsurugaIppei Tsuruga is Social Protection Programme Manager for Indonesia at International Labour Organization. He has been managing programmes and providing technical contributions to social security reforms at the country level in Indonesia, Viet Nam and Myanmar, and also contributing to research and knowledge management at the ASEAN regional and global levels. He has been involved in various policy discussions and research activities on unemployment benefit, old-age, invalidity and survivors’ benefits, maternity benefit, sickness benefit, and the extension of social protection to workers in the informal economy. He has worked at the ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the Social Protection Department; and JICA Washington D.C. Office, Research Department, Country Office for Kenya, and Africa Department for Kenya, Nigeria and Somalia.

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