by Lucky Lucan » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 am
Cambodia has had a lot of growth and is slowly moving up in GDP. There's a cut-off point where a country will be perceived as a middle-income country and many agencies will pull out because it's not mandated as a pressing issue anymore. This of course may be disadvantageous to those most in need who are benefiting from existing programs that are cut off. It's inevitable that a country will be expected to stand on its own eventually, after all the strife has faded into distant memory. However the violence, abuse and poverty still exist, and because there have been so many foreign-funded organizations keen to deal with these issues the government have been very slack in picking up the pieces. I imagine that foreign organizations will exist in Cambodia for a long time to come, at least the respectable ones. The bullshit ones should be sorted out though.
Cambodia has had a lot of growth and is slowly moving up in GDP. There's a cut-off point where a country will be perceived as a middle-income country and many agencies will pull out because it's not mandated as a pressing issue anymore. This of course may be disadvantageous to those most in need who are benefiting from existing programs that are cut off. It's inevitable that a country will be expected to stand on its own eventually, after all the strife has faded into distant memory. However the violence, abuse and poverty still exist, and because there have been so many foreign-funded organizations keen to deal with these issues the government have been very slack in picking up the pieces. I imagine that foreign organizations will exist in Cambodia for a long time to come, at least the respectable ones. The bullshit ones should be sorted out though.