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Enhancing aid effectiveness in education through a sector-wide approach in Cambodia

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Abstract

Since 2001 the government of Cambodia has striven to advance policy-led education reform based on a sector-wide approach. This paper critically reviews the status and progress of Cambodia’s education reform from the perspective of the aid’s effectiveness. The paper looks at the performance of the sector reform in the three priority areas highlighted in the Accra Agenda of Action on Aid Effectiveness: (a) strengthening country ownership; (b) building more effective and inclusive partnership; and (c) delivering and accounting for development results. The study finds that while substantial progress was made in the development of essential components of an effective sector programme, further consolidation and refinements are necessary in several priority areas in order to bring about tangible improvements in education outcomes. The study provides concrete policy recommendations to further enhance the effectiveness of aid to Cambodia’s education sector.

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Notes

  1. The ADB provided a programme loan under the Second Education Sector Development Program (ESDP II) through a general budget support scheme from 2005 until 2008. The EC has provided targeted sectoral budget support to selected recurrent priority programmes since 2003.

  2. The DfID support to ICHA came to an end in February 2008.

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Acknowledgments

I appreciate the comments provided by Luise Ahrens (Maryknoll Sisters) and David Coleman (UNICEF Cambodia) on an earlier version of this manuscript. The views expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policies or the views of UNICEF.

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  1. Ghana Country Office, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), P.O. Box 5051, Accra-North, Ghana

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Hattori, H. Enhancing aid effectiveness in education through a sector-wide approach in Cambodia. Prospects 39, 185–199 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-009-9121-2

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