Deconcentration and Decentralization Reforms in Cambodia: Recommendations for an Institutional Framework

Foreword......Page 8
Executive Summary......Page 10
Introduction......Page 17
Overview of the Emerging Legal and Regulatory Framework......Page 22
The Institutional Setting for Deconcentration and Decentralization Reforms......Page 36
Intergovernmental Financing and Recent Fiscal Trends......Page 54
Policy and Planning Framework for Implementing Reforms......Page 69
Critical Issues for Reform......Page 82
Strategic Issues for ADB......Page 93
Medium- to Longer-Term Programming Considerations......Page 112
Appendix 1: Law on Provincial and Municipal Budgets and Asset Management Regime (1998)\r......Page 117
Appendix 2: Law on Commune and Sangkat Administrative Management (2001)\r......Page 120
Appendix 3: Organic Law on Administrative Management of Capital, Provinces, Municipalities, Districts and Khans (2008)\r......Page 125
Appendix 4: (Draft) Law on Financial Regime and State Property Management for Subnational Administrations\r......Page 138
Appendix 5: Schedule of Persons Met\r......Page 149
References......Page 155