Monday-Friday (August 6-10, 2007)Brief Report

Brief Report

 “ODA News and Donors’ Activities in Cambodia”

 Monday- Friday (August 6 – 10, 2007)

[Australian] Govt promises $2.5m Cambodia landmine aid

Posted Tue Aug 7, 2007 4:46pm AEST

ABC News

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia is to donate $2.5 million to rehabilitation services for people injured by landmines in Cambodia.

The money will target remote areas of Cambodia and will be spent on prosthetic limbs, physiotherapy and training.

The Federal Government says the two-year funding package will help the Red Cross provide mine risk education and the Cambodian Government develop a victim assistance plan for mine survivors.

Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 6 August 2007

Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #6110, 6.8.2007

• World Bank President [Robert Zoellick] Supports Activities of ACLEDA Bank


• Korean Investors Do Not Look at Benefits but Want to Help Cambodia [with development – says Lee Joong Keun, president of Boo Young Company of South Korea]

Rasmei Kampuchea, Vol.15, #4355, 5-6.8.2007

• World Bank President Arrives in Cambodia

The president of the World Bank arrived in Cambodia on Saturday in order to meet with government officials and to study the problems Cambodia is facing in its development of the country, and to study the possible role of the World Bank in helping Cambodia to solve these problems faced.

Mr. Robert plans to meet with Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Senior Minister Keat Chhon, the Minister of Economy and Finance, and with other senior officials, including members of the Supreme National Economic Council. In the meantime, he plans to discuss with the private sector, with civil society, and with the people who have benefited though World Bank development projects…

Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Wednesday, 8 August 2007

Areyathor, Vol.14, #1259, 8-9.8.2007

• [About 12] Doctors from Ho Chi Minh City Come to Give Treatment to Cambodian Citizens in Phnom Penh [free of charge]

Deum Ampil, Vol.2, #30, 8-14.8.2007

         

          · World Bank President [Robert Zoellick] Calls on Cambodia to Fight              Corruption and Conduct Good Governance

 

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