Cambodia - Disease Control and Health Development Project

Report No. PIC2942 Project Name Cambodia-Disease Control and Health Development Project Region East Asia and Pacific Sector Health Project ID KHPA4034 Borrower Government of Royal Kingdom of Cambodia Implementing Agency Ministry of Health (MOH) Phnom Penh, Cambodia Contact: Director, Project Coordination Unit Fax: 855 23 26841 Tel: 855 23 66337 Date PID Prepared October 1995 Projected Appraisal Date March 1996 Projected Board Date July 1996 Country Background: The development prospects of Cambodia are strongly shaped by three constraints: poorly developed official institutions and services as a result of 20 years of war and international isolation; a depleted human resource base due to the destructive policies of the Khmer Rouge government in the 1970s; and a continuing rural insurgency that isolates certain areas of the country and distorts government expenditures. These constraints are balanced by long term development potential based on valuable assets: abundant mineral and forest resources, compelling tourist attractions, extensive arable land, trade and investment opportunities with the dynamic economies on its borders, and a tenuous but functioning democracy. The Bank+s country assistance strategy and the Government+s development objectives thus are structured to address the above constraints in the near term and in the longer term to expand the productive sustainable use of the country