Public Sector Needs Better Leadership: Scholar

“A country’s development depends solely on its leaders,” said Roth Hok, a Fulbright fellow at Mississippi State University. (Photo: by VOA Khmer)

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Monday, 09 April 2012
Im Sothearith, VOA Khmer | Washington, DC

“A country’s development depends solely on its leaders.”

Cambodia’s public sector lacks leadership and could use a dose of effective management strategies, a US-based Cambodian scholar says.

“A country’s development depends solely on its leaders,” said Roth Hok, a Fulbright fellow at Mississippi State University.

A country can either be managed like a corporation, or as a public entity, he said, outlining the key differences in each.

A corporation, which typically seeks profit, focuses on economy, efficiency and effectiveness, he said. A public entity, meanwhile, focuses on responsibility, responsiveness and representation.

SRP Youth Movement provides a good role model to the community: Clean up of Maung Russey City by SRP Youth Movement

Source: SRP Youth Movement

At 8:00 AM on 20 February 2008, about 300 youths of the SRP Youth Movement in Maung Russey district, led by Suon Chamroeun, the director of the SRP Youth movement from Battambang province, Chea Chiv, the candidate for the steering committee of the Battambang province Youth Movement, and Kieng Saran, the deputy director of the SRP provincial committee, took the initiative to clean up Maung Russey city as shown in the photos below.

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Rally talk prior to the cleanup operation (Photos: SRP Youth Movement)

SRP Youths spead out to start the cleanup
Everybody pitched in to clean up the city of Maung Russey
Boys and girls are working shoulder to shoulder to clean up public places
A well earned lunch break
A group photo at the end of the cleanup