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The Government of Cambodia and international donors are working to build resilience to droughts and flooding and reduce ecosystem damage.

Fluctuations in rainfall in Cambodia are becoming increasingly dramatic, causing periods of droughts and flooding. Most Cambodians rely on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihoods, making these changes in weather patterns highly damaging. In addition to directly affecting crops, flooding frequently damages roads and other infrastructure used by farmers to access markets. Rural Cambodians are increasingly turning to forests for food and income, which is in turn damaging important ecosystems and increasing erosion of agricultural land.

International donors are working with the Government of Cambodia to promote sustainable development and increase resilience by creating livelihood diversification opportunities in carbon sequestration and eco-tourism and by improving hydrological systems.

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Risk Profile

Climate risk profile: Cambodia

12 Feb 2021 - ATLAS - Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessments

This profile provides an overview of climate risk issues in Cambodia, including how climate change will potentially impact five key sectors in the country: agriculture and food security, water resources, ecosystems,...

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Policy Brief

Health, Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes

25 Aug 2019 - Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) , USAID Center for Resilience

Health intersects with resilience and sustained poverty escapes in at least three ways. Poor health reduces well-being and can be a shock or stressor at the individual, household, community or systems level. It...

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Case Study

Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes in Cambodia

25 Aug 2019 - Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) , USAID Center for Resilience

Cambodia experienced rapid and sustained economic growth averaging nearly eight percent per year between 1994 and 2015, ranking sixth in the world for growth and attaining middle income status in 2015. This is...

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Policy Brief

Resilience and Sustainable Poverty Escapes in Asia

25 Aug 2019 - USAID Center for Resilience

Recent research commissioned by the USAID Center for Resilience and conducted by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) examined why some households escape and remain out of poverty (sustainable poverty escape),...

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