Poverty Reduction

Cambodia’s National Strategic Development Plan incorporates a comprehensive approach to the country development, which includes specific targets for poverty reduction and employment generation. This planning framework is aligned with the nine Cambodian Millennium Development Goals. To help the country achieve these goals, UNDP works to strengthen national capacities and maximize the country’s economic potential, strengthening trade, engaging with the private sector and improving aid effectiveness. UNDP supports the government to monitor and track progress toward MDGs at both national and subnational levels.

An important part of this work is supporting the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to manage and target development aid more effectively. Another aspect is supporting efforts to use trade to drive employment and human development gains, especially in rural areas. Complementing this, policy research conducted by UNDP in areas such as extractive industries, economic competitiveness and human development aims to assist the government in generating and implementing innovative policy options that promote good economic governance.

In demining, UNDP contributes to poverty reduction and rural development by building the capacity of Government in the areas of monitoring, regulation, quality assurance, socio-economic planning, and post-clearance land use.