Original report from Phnom Penh
07 July 2009
The US announced Monday it will provide technical assistance to Cambodia in an effort to promote public finance reform and transparency.
The announcement came after a meeting between Finance Minister Keat Chhon, US Ambassador Carol Rodley and Michael Ruffner, an official from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Technical Assistance.
The US Treasury Department will provide technical assistance to the government “to support the country’s public management reform program and efforts to improve fiscal controls and promote greater transparency in financial transactions,” according to a US statement.
“The assistance is designed to help Cambodia strengthen the enforcement of laws and controls as they relate to budgeting and financial accountability, banking and financial services, the insurance and financial industries, and tax administration and collection,” it said.
Assistance programs are expected to begin in coming months, the US said.
Ngy Tayi, an undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, told VOA Khmer Cambodia’s economic and financial areas are continually being developed.
“We need technical assistance for public financial management, moving toward progress and accountability,” he said.
“Technical assistance is very important for Cambodia to help training for the capacity and knowledge of our staff,” he said. “This is to help share knowledge from a powerful country.”
The announcement came after a meeting between Finance Minister Keat Chhon, US Ambassador Carol Rodley and Michael Ruffner, an official from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Technical Assistance.
The US Treasury Department will provide technical assistance to the government “to support the country’s public management reform program and efforts to improve fiscal controls and promote greater transparency in financial transactions,” according to a US statement.
“The assistance is designed to help Cambodia strengthen the enforcement of laws and controls as they relate to budgeting and financial accountability, banking and financial services, the insurance and financial industries, and tax administration and collection,” it said.
Assistance programs are expected to begin in coming months, the US said.
Ngy Tayi, an undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Economy and Finance, told VOA Khmer Cambodia’s economic and financial areas are continually being developed.
“We need technical assistance for public financial management, moving toward progress and accountability,” he said.
“Technical assistance is very important for Cambodia to help training for the capacity and knowledge of our staff,” he said. “This is to help share knowledge from a powerful country.”
4 comments:
The US have gradually change to opt CPP, and abandon SRP. Look, what Ms Mu got from the propoganda tour in the US? Nothing more than a promise 'to look into the problem' from those congress men and women.
The US has changed to provide political military support though its saction imposed in 1997 has not been lifted.
The US has been quick to change its stance, that SRP even couldn't keep pace.
hey, look! mr. trouble-maker no more. have you ever thought that perhaps the USA is tired of catering to an ineffective poltical group who only wanted to cause conflict in cambodia. perhaps, the USA is seeing for themselves that not everything said or told were that bad in cambodia, thus why continue to hurt the naive cambodian people over a small political maverick group of self-proclaimed political activists, really. of course, we want reforms and changes in cambodia, however, there are other ways to do that; it's called diplomacy. really, think about it, only the ones who has nothing in cambodia will try to sabotage peace, stability, etc in cambodia at the expense of the cambodian people. common, cambodian people had suffered enough already for too long as well. it is smart to rethink US foreign policy on cambodia in order to help cambodia to become better in for all, khmers, its citizens, and tourists, vistors, business interest, etc, etc. it is being blind and perhaps ignorant to continue to harbor unfound fear and unfound evidence against cambodia, especially think in terms of its naive people who deserve better than this political nonsense. who to say that cambodian people can't become better when provided opportunity and given a chance to grow and be educated and so on. may god continue to look after cambodia and bless our country, especially after what we've been through under the brutal KR regime, our khmer people deserve better now. khmer/american friendship forever.
don't hate, show love for a change! god bless cambodia
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