Publication: Cambodia Poverty Assessment: Toward a More Inclusive and Resilient Cambodia
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Date
2022-11
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Published
2022-11
Author(s)
Karamba, Wendy
Tong, Kimsun
Salcher, Isabelle
Abstract
This poverty assessment evaluates
Cambodia’s poverty reduction progress between 2009 and 2019
and contributing factors. Based on the authors understanding
of contributing factors, the assessment asks what the impact
of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been, and
what will be needed to support inclusive recovery. The Royal
Government of Cambodia (RGC) recently updated the national
poverty lines for Cambodia. Prompted by Cambodia’s
transition to lower middle-income status in 2015, the RGC
revisited the poverty measurement methodology in 2017; the
review confirmed that the way Cambodians live and spend
today has changed considerably as the country became richer,
and that the national poverty lines needed revising to
better reflect economic realities. This assessment uses the
new poverty lines to evaluate Cambodia between 2009 and
2019, coupled with other data sources. This poverty
assessment covers 5 chapters. Chapter 1 examines the
progress Cambodia made in reducing poverty and boosting
shared prosperity between 2009 and 2019. Chapter 2 examines
the evolution of nonmonetary poverty between 2009 and 2019.
Chapter 3 examines the profile of poverty and inequality in
2019/20. Chapter 4 examines the 2019 fiscal system and its
effects on poverty and inequality in 2019/20. Chapter 5
examines COVID-19 socio-economic effects on Cambodian
Households in 2020.
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“Karamba, Wendy; Tong, Kimsun; Salcher, Isabelle. 2022. Cambodia Poverty Assessment: Toward a More Inclusive and Resilient Cambodia. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38344 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”