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Poor families in four of the poorer provinces of northern and northwestern Cambodia – Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Pursat – will benefit from a US$2.6 million grant to increase access to telecommunications services signed by the World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), and the Royal Government of Cambodia.
Up to 52,000 poor households or 260,000 Cambodians are expected to benefit from the scheme, through improved telecommunications network coverage and the installation of public access points where people will be able to make and receive telephone calls on a regular and reliable basis.
“Ensuring access to telecom services to all people in Cambodia and bridging the ‘digital divide’ is one of the priorities of this Government,” said His Excellency, Mr. Chin Bunsean, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia which will oversee implementation of the project. “It’s time that the people in rural areas are able to benefit from the same services, at the same quality and prices, that the people in the cities have been enjoying for so many years.”
Despite improvements in telecommunications services and an increase in the number of telecommunications companies, rural access is still a challenge in Cambodia. The National Institute of Statistics estimates that only one in six rural households owns a phone, compared to over 30 percent of urban households. Rural and remote communes tend to be less commercially attractive to service providers because of higher operating costs and lower average revenues per user.
The GPOBA grant will provide a one-time capital subsidy for the provision of telephone services in locations that would otherwise be considered commercially unviable. Potential service providers will be selected competitively through an open bidding process. They will be free to use any technology, but must provide full network access and service at a quality and price similar to the rest of the network in Cambodia. The winning service provider will be the qualified bidder who offers the required services in the target areas for the lowest subsidy, and will sign a performance- or “output”-based contract with the Government. In line with the output-based approach, most of the GPOBA subsidy will be paid only after the services have been delivered and verified by an independent agent.
“By making telephone services available to poor households in remote rural villages, the GPOBA project will help to improve access to markets and economic opportunities in some of Cambodia’s poorest provinces,” said Mr. Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Manager for Cambodia.
The GPOBA project will draw on funds from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
Up to 52,000 poor households or 260,000 Cambodians are expected to benefit from the scheme, through improved telecommunications network coverage and the installation of public access points where people will be able to make and receive telephone calls on a regular and reliable basis.
“Ensuring access to telecom services to all people in Cambodia and bridging the ‘digital divide’ is one of the priorities of this Government,” said His Excellency, Mr. Chin Bunsean, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Cambodia which will oversee implementation of the project. “It’s time that the people in rural areas are able to benefit from the same services, at the same quality and prices, that the people in the cities have been enjoying for so many years.”
Despite improvements in telecommunications services and an increase in the number of telecommunications companies, rural access is still a challenge in Cambodia. The National Institute of Statistics estimates that only one in six rural households owns a phone, compared to over 30 percent of urban households. Rural and remote communes tend to be less commercially attractive to service providers because of higher operating costs and lower average revenues per user.
The GPOBA grant will provide a one-time capital subsidy for the provision of telephone services in locations that would otherwise be considered commercially unviable. Potential service providers will be selected competitively through an open bidding process. They will be free to use any technology, but must provide full network access and service at a quality and price similar to the rest of the network in Cambodia. The winning service provider will be the qualified bidder who offers the required services in the target areas for the lowest subsidy, and will sign a performance- or “output”-based contract with the Government. In line with the output-based approach, most of the GPOBA subsidy will be paid only after the services have been delivered and verified by an independent agent.
“By making telephone services available to poor households in remote rural villages, the GPOBA project will help to improve access to markets and economic opportunities in some of Cambodia’s poorest provinces,” said Mr. Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Manager for Cambodia.
The GPOBA project will draw on funds from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
5 comments:
This is the most stupidity that this CPP government doing. I believe it is part of CPP corruptions layout.
Cambodians need food and shelter more than this stupid telecom services.
Can your stupid CPP government understand that.
hey, don't you understand diversifying the economy? of course, cambodians need food and shelter, but don't use that as an excuse not to develop the country, though. maybe for once, people like you should think about the fact that when cambodia as a whole become developed, then people's lives and living standard like education, food security, better housing, etc, could also proliferize as well. it goes with the flow, you know, just because the grass at the park is brown and they need water to make them green and beautiful again, doesn't mean cambodia is lack of water; not! lack of technology is more likely, but certainly not lack of water supply. look, people in some part of the world can manage to build and live on top of a mountain where, of course, water, would be very difficult to attain up there, however, with the help of modern technology like water pipes, pumps, etc..., that helped them to have a good living condition up there. same concept in cambodia. we, khmer people, can't wait forever for something to happen, especially if it can be done multi-taskedly. again, diversify of the economy is really a good idea to go. of course, everybody eats and needs food and shelter, but don't let that stop the development! hello, wake up, people! and look around the world for a change; it's called thinking outside of the box for once in a while. thank you. god bless cambodia.
Sex and lust are the only things on Ah Pleu-oversea's mind.
Don't follow them.
CPP government borrow $2.6 million U.S. dollars from the World Bank to help
Ah kwack Hun Sen families own Telecom Company. It is not for help the Cambodians.
These animals CPP always play the tricks to get money out from the World Bank.
This money is not for free; in the future Cambodians next generation must pay them back.
6:35,
Isn't that your Viet whore mother does on the street everyday dumbfuck?? sex,lust is your whore mother's jobs asshole!! remembered oversea still better than your whore mother fuckface!!
Ah thork tiep begger!!
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