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Economic and Social Development – 1996

According to an E.U. statement, between 1992 and August 1996 the European community had committed over 200 million dollars to Cambodia in the fields of demining, rural development, human resources development, health, and environment.¹ Special attention was given to rural development in Cambodia’s post-war reconstruction and development process. Hun Sen, the second prime minister of Cambodia, said that socio-economic development in rural areas was a powerful way to improve the livelihood of the people and thwart the influence of the Khmer Rouge.²

1. “E.U. officials inspect demining in Cambodia,” Deutsche Presse-Agentur, August 5, 1996.
2. “Working together to re-construct war-torn Cambodia,” New Straits Times (Malaysia), October 28, 1996.