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| TA Name | Capacity Development for Income Restoration Programs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Cambodia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TA Number | 7366 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Project Number | 43174- 01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thematic Classification |
Capacity Development
Social Development Gender Equity |
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| Impact | The expected impact will be a reduction of the poverty and vulnerability associated with involuntary resettlement along Cambodia's Highway 1. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Geographical Location | Phnom Penh and Prey Veng province, Cambodia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summary of Environmental and Social Issues | Along Highway 1, a number of resettled families find themselves in a vicious cycle of poverty and indebtedness, with no stable source of livelihood. Borrowing from informal moneylenders has been a primary coping mechanism in the Stung Slot and Kraing Khok communities, particularly in the face of delayed compensation payments when resettlement originally took place. Many families owe unmanageable debts to loan sharks at usurious rates, often as high as 10% per month (at which rate the loan amount effectively triples in just 12 months). Some risk losing their resettlement site plots as a result, while others have already sold their plots to repay debts. A 2008 resettlement audit report found that linking the APs' debt problems only to the mistakes of resettlement work is overly simplistic¿people were very poor to begin with, barely earning enough to support their families, and were highly vulnerable to shocks. But it is clear that resettlement was a major shock, and some have not recovered. The resettlement audit recommended a livelihood stabilization program for 63 households in the Stung Slot and Kraing Khok communities of Prey Veng province. The audit found that affected households lack (i) the understanding and skills required to take part in cash-oriented productive activities (such as providing goods and services to road users), (ii) the assets and capital necessary to engage in productive activities, and (iii) the support needed to collectively address the root causes of their poverty. These three areas form the core of the proposed pilot income restoration program. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stakeholder Participation and Consultation | The technical assistance has been conceptualized with inputs from and consultations with a wide array of stakeholders, beginning with the detailed November 2007-February 2008 resettlement audit undertaken under Loan 1659-CAM, through and including the most recent meetings with the affected communities in February, April and June 2009. In addition to the community groups and affected households in Prey Veng province (Stung Slot and Kraing Khok savings groups), other consulted groups include NGOs including CARE International, NGO Forum and CDCam, the Ministry of Women's Affairs Department of Economic Development,, Envisioning (a Cambodian organization with income restoration program experience), and international and national involuntary resettlement specialists. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consulting Services |
A development NGO or consulting firm (partnerships are encouraged) will be recruited to implement the CDTA. The consultant team will have extensive experience in Cambodia in (i) involuntary resettlement and income restoration programs, (ii) designing and implementing community-based development initiatives that include setting up people's organizations and designing livelihood programs. The consultants will mobilize a team of international and national specialists that comprises experts in community development, microfinance, cooperatives, gender and development, and community-based adult education and training program management.
The team leader will be an international social scientist with an advanced degree and extensive practical experience. The consultants will provide at least 10 person months of international and 22 person months of national expertise, plus about 40 person months of community facilitators who work with and support the community groups and members on a regular basis. The deputy team leader will be a Cambodian national with expertise in community development, livelihoods, and, ideally, income restoration programs. Fluency in English and Khmer is a prerequisite. |
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| Responsible ADB Officer |
Karin Schelzig Bloom |
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| Responsible ADB Department |
Southeast Asia Department |
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| Responsible ADB Division |
Cambodia Resident Mission |
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| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Economy and Finance |
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| Timetable | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concept Clearance | 30 May 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fact-finding | 09 Jun 2009 to 22 Jun 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Approval | 01 Oct 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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