Preliminary Findings of Moving Out of Poverty Study in

Cambodia

So Sovannarith

Research Fellow

29 June 2005

Cambodia Development Resource Institute

Number of Households in Each Village (Total 1,010 households surveyed in 2004)

12085 120 125

120

73

120

120 127

Change in Percentage (%) of Households In Poverty in 1996/7, 2001 and 2004

  1996/7 2001 2004 2004 vs 2001 2004 vs 1996/7

Tonle Sap          

Andong Trach   51 39 -12  

Krasaing   33 22 -11  

Khsach Chiros   45 75 30  

Mekong Plain          

Prek Khmeng 48 15 21 6 -27

Baboang 43 25 25 0 -18

Plateau          

Kanchor   43 58 15  

Dang Kdar   62 69 7  

Trapeang Prey 50 72 46 -26 -4

Costal          

Kampong Thnoat   12 47 35  

Total 47 38 44 6  

Agricultural Landlessness (% of the Total Households) in 1996/7, 2001 and 2004

  2001 2004 Change

Tonle Sap      

Andong Trach 39 41 2

Krasaing 46 50 4

Khsach Chiros 9 9 0

Mekong Plain  

Prek Khmeng 31 32 1

Baboang 8 12 4

Plateau  

Kanchor 29 30 1

Dang Kdar 7 7 0

Trapeang Prey 12 17 5

Costal  

Kampong Thnoat 8 16 8

Average 21 24 3

Significance of Each Source of Income

Hiring out labour17%

Petty trade/small business and

other33%

Agriculture28%

Common property resources

22%

2001 2004

Hiring out labour, 22%

Petty Trade &

other, 30%

Agriculture 32%

Common Property Resource

16%

Change in Total Income by Sources (million riels/year/household), 2001-2004

01234

5678

2001 2004 2001 2004 2001 2004 2001 2004 2001 2004 2001 2004

Krasaing Adg Trach Kpg Thnaot Kanhchor Dang Kdar Khs Chiros

Agriculture Petty trade and other Hiring out labour CPR

Change in Total Income by Sources in Baboang (million riels/year/hh), 1996/7-

2004

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

1996/7 2001 2004

Agricultural Petty Trade Hiring out Labour CPR

Change in Total Income by Sources in Prek Khmeng (million riels/year/hh), 1996/7-2004

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

1996/7 2001 2004

Agricultural Petty Trade Hiring out Labour CPR

Change in Total Income by Sources in Trapeang Prey (million riels/year/hh),

1996-2004

0

1

1

2

2

3

3

4

1996/7 2001 2004

Agricultural Petty Trade Hiring out Labour CPR