CHAPTER III
IMPLEMENTING THE PRIORITIES SET IN THE
NATIONAL STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN: 2006-2010

97.     The development vision of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to have a socially cohesive, educationally advanced and culturally vibrant Cambodia without poverty, illiteracy and disease.  Realizing this vision will require continued adherence to the values of social justice, human welfare and empowerment of the people and the formulation and implementation of policies to reduce poverty by promoting sustainable economic growth and better governance. The National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) is a broad framework providing the road map and guidelines for taking the country from where it is at the end of 2005 to where it ought to be in 2010, using available resources in a cost-effective and result-oriented manner. To move ahead rapidly towards its overall vision, the Royal Government will focus attention on achieving the high priority, strategic and macro-goals and core targets (indicators) of the NSDP outlined in Table 4.

98.     The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has decided that it should now focus on priority and strategic goals to be reached in the next five years and pursue key strategies and actions to achieve them, maximizing results by use of scarce resources in a selective, cogent and coherent manner. The NSDP: 2006-2010, is the single, overarching document containing RGC's priority goals and strategies to reduce poverty rapidly, and to achieve other CMDGs and socio-economic development goals for the benefit of all Cambodians. It operationalizes the Rectangular Strategy to achieve its intended goals. Also, a Public Investment Program for 2006-2008 has been prepared to support the implementation of the NSDP. Both of these documents were approved by the Royal Government at a Cabinet meeting on 27 January 2006. These two documents have been formulated to guide development cooperation partners to align and harmonize their efforts to improve aid-effectiveness and to secure a higher "net transfer of resources" than has been the case in the past. The Royal Government urges multilateral, international development cooperation partners, and NGOs to ensure that their country assistance strategies are aligned with the priorities outlined in the NSDP and their development programs and projects are aligned with the PIP.

99.      NSDP has been developed through wide ranging consultations focused on "results". The strategic goals, targets and actions outlined in the NSDP will be spelt out in more details through ongoing, or soon to be adopted, sector plans and through sub-national goals and plans. Such exercises, particularly at sub-national levels, will also serve to better disseminate NSDP. NSDP is a live document, capable of being adjusted and updated annually based on any new data that becomes available and the proposed annual monitoring and evaluation exercises.

TABLE 4: NSDP'S MACRO-GOALS AND CRITICAL INDICATORS
 

Major Goals:  Targets/Indicators

2005

2010

CMDG- 2015

 

Eradicate - Poverty & Hunger (*)

 

 

 

1*

Poverty levels % of population  -- 2004
                       -- in 56% of country covered by 1993/94  survey

34.7
(28.0)

25

19.5

2*

Poverty levels % rural population -- 2004
                        -- in areas covered by 1993/94 survey

39.2
(33.7)

 

 

3*

People below food poverty line %  -- 2004
                        -- in areas covered by 1993/94  survey

19.7
(14.2)

13

10

 

Enhance Agricultural Production and Productivity

 

 

 

4

Paddy yield per hectare (tons)

1.97

2.4

 

5

Irrigated area – including supplemental irrign., (% of rice area)

20

25

 

6

Land Reforms: Land Titles to farmers -- % of Total agri. land

12

24

 

 

Improvements in Health (*)

 

 

 

7*

Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births

66

60

50

8*

 > 5 Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births

82

75

65

9*

Maternal Mortality per 100,000 live births

N/A

243

140

10*

Births attended by skilled health personnel -- %

N/A

70

80

11*

HIV/AIDS prevalence, % of adults 15-49

1.9

1.9

1.8

12*

Malaria Cases - fatality %

0.36

0.2

0.1

13*

TB smear positive cases, per 100,000 

N/A

214

135

14*

Married women using modern birth spacing methods (%)

20.1

44

60

15

% of health facilities providing RH services

33

45

70

 

Improvements in Education (*)

 

 

 

16*

Net Enrolment: Primary Schools -- Total; Boys; Girls --%

91.9; 93.0; 90.7

100

100

17*

Net Enrolment: Lower Sec. Schools  --Total; Boys; Girls -- %

26.1; 27.1; 24.8

75

100

18*

Survival rate % : 1-6:

53.1

100

100

19*

Survival rate % : 1-9:

30.18

76

100

20*

6-14 years out of school (%)

18.7

11

0

 

Rural Development

 

 

 

21

Rural Roads rehabilitated –  Kms (out of total  28,000)

22,700

25,000

28,000

22*

Safe Drinking water access -- % rural population

41.6

45

50

23*

Sanitation  access -- % rural population

16.4

25

30

 

Environmental Sustainability (*)

 

 

 

24*

Forest Cover  -- % of total area

60

58

60

25*

Fuel Wood dependency: Households -- %

83.9

61

52

26*

Access to safe water source -- % of urban population

75.8

85

80

27*

Access to improved sanitation -- % or urban population

55

67

74

 

Gender Equity (*)

 

 

 

28*

Mainstream gender in all spheres

To be developed

 

29*

Female share of wage employment -- agriculture, industry, services (%)

52.5; 53.5; 27.0

50; 50; 37

50; 50; 50

30*

Level of awareness that violence against women is a crime (%)

4.5

25

100

 

Reforms

 

 

 

31

Accelerate Governance Reforms

To be developed

 

 

Sustain high Macro-Economic Growth (*)

 

 

 

32

Annual GDP Growth at constant prices -  %

6.5

6.5

 

33

Per Capita GDP at constant prices (000 Riels)

1,400

2,243

 

34

Rate of Inflation %

5.5

3.0

 

 

Improve Budget Performance

 

 

 

35

Total Government budget revenues  - % of GDP

11.30

13.70

 

36

Total Government budget expenditure -- % of GDP

16.8

16.8

 

 

Accelerate Industrial Growth & Employment

 

 

 

37

Annual Growth in manufacturing - constant prices (%)

10.2

7.2

 

38*

Working children aged 5-17 years -- %

22.3

10.6

8

 

Tourism

 

 

 

39

Annual Tourist arrivals nos -- 000s

1,300

3,120

 

 

De-mining, Victim Assistance (*)

 

 

 

40*

Casualties (deaths and injuries) nos.

797

200

0

41*

Area affected cleared of mines and UXOs -- %

50.3

77

100

 

Infrastructure

 

 

 

42

Length of paved roads (primary & secondary) out of 11,310- kms

2,100

4,100

 

 

Energy

 

 

 

43

Per capita use of electricity -  Kwh