1.

What are your overall solutions/suggestions for the country - national level - in solving
the problem/reaching the goal that you have chosen?

Recently in Cambodia, the country has signed the contacts with The World Bank
Group in order to prepare for the solutions in achieving the goal that the UN already set in
the MDG board. From that, Cambodians are also wanting to improve their own issues in the
country, one of the most popular cities about poverty, with the opportunity that open up by
The World Bank Group. In addition, The World Bank Group created opportunities for poor
businessman/woman owners that mostly are private sector (small business and sole trader),
and invested money. From that, this can encourage people in any conditions and statuses to
go business. This as well leads to the creation of jobs for the unemployment for them to find
jobs and gain salaries for their familys needed. At the same time, the Cambodia itself can
also reduce the tuition fees depend on the family condition, this will increase the possibility
and chances in developing Cambodia. Because The World Bank Group is also helping
investing money to those service career to increase the number of teachers, in order to
prevent them from quitting the jobs. Such as too many works but low salaries, but The World
Bank Group prevents that way instead. This then helps to make sure that every generation
come from different families can access to education, and create a better future in a
developed country. Consequently, the government of Cambodia also created the NGOs
community recently. This is a charities community that involve other countries helps
investing and donating different stuffs such as school, daycares or hospitals in provinces.
Leads to people can understand their own health status and know how to prevent it.

2. Where (city or province) is the problem worse in your country - local level - and state
information/data/statistics showing how/why it is worse?

According to the distribution of household poverty map in the report of Japan

International Cooperation Agency in 2010 which is about Kingdom of Cambodia Study for
Poverty Profiles in the Asian Region, It shows that the province named Preah Vihear has the
highest rate if comparing to other provinces in Cambodia. Only in the middle area of Preah
Vihear has less than 10% of the poverty rate, but the other areas have high rates of the
poverty rate about 30% and more than that. Preah Vihear is the big province located near
Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Kampong Thom, Stung Treng, and also being a little part of
Thailand and Laos.
According to Cambodia Poverty Analysis Report of Asian Development Bank ( 2011)
, they did the predicting of the poverty rate of each province in Cambodia. Preah Vihear has
the highest rate at every year since 2004 to 2010 ( referable from the report table data ). And
also, at the ninth table from Cambodia Poverty Analysis Report of Asian Development Bank
( 2014 ), they did show the 10 poorest provinces in Cambodia by the data source. From the
Commune Database 2012 did show that Preah Vihear was the first province which is the
poorest by they had 37% of poor people in Preah Vihear.
3. What are your specific solutions/suggestions for the city/province - local level - in solving
the problem?

The first suggested solution is to lower the tuition fee so parents would be able to
send their children to school to study. Many children in Cambodia dont receive education
because their parents cant afford the cost, and often have to work from a very young age to
cover their living expenses. So, lowering the fee of education so that children can afford to
go to school can reduce poverty in the future because the children will grow up to be
educated adults in the next generation and have more chance at improving poverty and
developing Cambodia. The second solution is for the government to set up more facilities
such as schools, health centers, and hospitals in provinces. Seeing as people in some areas
dont have access to basic necessities such as those things. If children were to have better
education, they would grow up to be skilled workers such as nurse and lawyer, and
consequently they would earn more money than they do working in factories. The third
solution is for the government to provide free healthcare for poor people in rural areas. Many
people in Cambodia cant afford the medical expenses at the hospital as they barely have
money to get by each day. With free healthcare, people would not have to spend as much
money on medical expenses and would not have to set aside the money the minimum
wages they earn from their jobs.