Saturday, November 08, 2008

ADB, Government Defend Emergency Aid

Vong Sandab, deputy director-general of the Ministry of Finance, left, and Long Piseth, project manager for the Asian Development Bank

By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
07 November 2008



Asian Development Bank and government officials defended their emergency rice program Thursday, following widespread reports of biased distribution.

The government had taken many efforts to alleviate the impacts of inflation on the poor this year, said Vong Sandab, deputy director-general of the Ministry of Finance, who is in charge of distributions, as guest on “Hello VOA.”

The ADB and government set out last week to distribute $40 million in emergency aid to people hard-hit by rising fuel prices in seven provinces, but many villagers complained the rice and other foodstuffs were not reaching those in need.

Vong Sandab and Long Piseth, project manager for the ADB, who was also a guest, said they would investigate through neutral monitors.

“The poorest families received the donations,” said Long Piseth.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wherever he stays and no matter how well fed or poor fed, a dog is not able to give up his delicious food "shit". He still eat human shit. Corruption is not a new disease.