OED Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process : Cambodia Case Study

This report analyzes the experience
of Cambodia with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
process3. The focus of the report is on evaluating the
performance of the World Bank in supporting the PRSP
initiative, not on appraising the authorities policies.
Given the early stage of the PRS Process, with the document
only formally launched by government in March 2003, the
report focuses on the process of PRSP formulation in
Cambodia and the genesis of the implementation phase. The
report is structured as follows: the remainder of section
one provides brief background information about Cambodia.
Section two offers an appraisal of the PRSP formulation
process and of the document itself, focusing on aspects
relevant to an evaluation of the World Bank s role. Section
three assesses the World Bank s support to the process.
Section four summarizes the main points of the assessment
and attempts to draw lessons of more general applicability.