By Erik Wasson and Kay Kimsong
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
A major new World Bank report released at its annual meeting in Singapore on Friday indicates that governance in Cambodia deteriorated in 2005.
The worsening situation has placed Cambodia on a separate list of 26 "fragile states." That list also includes Haiti, Burma, Zimbabwe, Congo, the Sudan, Palestine, and Laos. Cambodia was not on the list in 2003 and 2001.
The World Bank measures the quality of government of 213 countries annually based on internal assessments and surveys conducted by business consultants and by organizations ranging from The Economist magazine to Reporters Without Borders.
Scores were assigned ranging from 2.5 for perfect governance to -2.5 for the worst possible governance. Six areas were assessed: voice and accountability, stability, effectiveness of civil service, quality of regulations, rule of law and corruption.
Voice and accountability, also called human rights, have, according to the report, declined in Cambodia to -0.94 in 2005, down from -0.89 in 2004. Political stability also worsened according to the report, down to -0.44 from -0.33 in 2004.
Government effectiveness is also down to -0.94 from -0.89 in 2004—the worst result since 1998. Regulatory Quality is down to -0.62 from -0.57, the worst such ranking since 1996, when the survey began.
Rule of law, however, is about the same at -1.13 while corruption has worsened to -1.12 from -0.98.
'The governance indicators are largely based on perceptions about Cambodia as a whole, which tend to be, by and large, rather negative," World Bank country manager Nisha Agrawal wrote in an email.
Driving the worsening perception are "unabated" land-grabbing by the rich and powerful and enormous, illegal land concessions, she said.
Agrawal said that it was important to highlight reform efforts the government has made. Since 2005, import and export times and costs were reduced, and there is less leakage from the budget and greater tax collection, she noted.
"Perceptions take time to change," she added.
World Bank country economist Robert Taliercio said that despite the indicators report, the Bank's internal assessment considers Cambodia to be in the process of transitioning out of the "fragile states" category.
Prime Minster Hun Sen's adviser Om Yentieng said that Cambodia was reforming. "We don't know what score we are, but we are in a reforming process," he said. "I did not think we had the number one score, if we were number one, we wouldn't be criticized three times a day like this."
The worsening situation has placed Cambodia on a separate list of 26 "fragile states." That list also includes Haiti, Burma, Zimbabwe, Congo, the Sudan, Palestine, and Laos. Cambodia was not on the list in 2003 and 2001.
The World Bank measures the quality of government of 213 countries annually based on internal assessments and surveys conducted by business consultants and by organizations ranging from The Economist magazine to Reporters Without Borders.
Scores were assigned ranging from 2.5 for perfect governance to -2.5 for the worst possible governance. Six areas were assessed: voice and accountability, stability, effectiveness of civil service, quality of regulations, rule of law and corruption.
Voice and accountability, also called human rights, have, according to the report, declined in Cambodia to -0.94 in 2005, down from -0.89 in 2004. Political stability also worsened according to the report, down to -0.44 from -0.33 in 2004.
Government effectiveness is also down to -0.94 from -0.89 in 2004—the worst result since 1998. Regulatory Quality is down to -0.62 from -0.57, the worst such ranking since 1996, when the survey began.
Rule of law, however, is about the same at -1.13 while corruption has worsened to -1.12 from -0.98.
'The governance indicators are largely based on perceptions about Cambodia as a whole, which tend to be, by and large, rather negative," World Bank country manager Nisha Agrawal wrote in an email.
Driving the worsening perception are "unabated" land-grabbing by the rich and powerful and enormous, illegal land concessions, she said.
Agrawal said that it was important to highlight reform efforts the government has made. Since 2005, import and export times and costs were reduced, and there is less leakage from the budget and greater tax collection, she noted.
"Perceptions take time to change," she added.
World Bank country economist Robert Taliercio said that despite the indicators report, the Bank's internal assessment considers Cambodia to be in the process of transitioning out of the "fragile states" category.
Prime Minster Hun Sen's adviser Om Yentieng said that Cambodia was reforming. "We don't know what score we are, but we are in a reforming process," he said. "I did not think we had the number one score, if we were number one, we wouldn't be criticized three times a day like this."
4 comments:
Heng Poev is one of the walking time bombs and Lung-di is a look out for Hun Sen practice targets.
Logically,if Heng Poev took care the two,the rest will run.
Rubbish government has no spine or shame unless outsiders judged its agents,then bubbles formed.
Sadly for this puppet mode governance to continue to humiliate all.
It is difficult for World Bank to do any much more when there is no alternative to the current regime.
SiS
We world can do alot more, instead giving the money, and ah Hun used those money to kill or silent the oppostion. The WB needed to freeze all donation until the regime buckle to its knees. And then, removed the bastard -- have the people do casting the real vote for a representative.
Mr SAM RAINSY MEETS HUON XEN IN PARIS?
According the newspaper SRALANH KHMER published on Saturday 16 September 2006, one member of CCP said that HUON XEN would try to meet Mr Sam Rainsy and Mrs Tioulong Saumura in Paris and ask THEM to intervene with sister-in-law’s Sam Rainsy, Mrs ANTONIA TIOULONG NOSEDA who is in charge of the publication of the weekly magazine EXPRESS, to stop publishing DOCUMENTS or ALLEGATIONS of HENG POV anymore.
Apparently Mr Sam Rainsy left Phnom-Penh to PARIS on Thursday 14th at 8 pm (instead of Saturday 16th as planned) while HUONG XEN was in PARIS AT THIS TIME as well (IS THAT JUST A COINCIDENCE?), after he had left the ASEM SUMMIT in FINLAND LAST WEEK, and would return to Phnom-Penh on Saturday 16 September.
One another source said that, on last July, HUONG XEN had also tried to make contact by phone with Mr Sam Rainsy while the latter was in visit in America. HUONG XEN would have requested Mr Sam Rainsy not to get involved in an internal CCP problem , especially HENG POV's, that what Mr Sam Rainsy could have agreed.
When Mr SamRainsy came back to Phnom-Penh, he called his members to abstain from getting involved in HENG POV affair that, (in his own opinion, but not in the public opinion), is just an INTERNAL CCP PROBLEM .
As a strong and loyal supporter of Samrainsyparty, I would request him to take account for the rumour above that could undermine your reputation as a GREAT PATRIOT.
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