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Public Works as a Safety Net
Figure 13.1 Institutional Arrangements in Cambodia’s Public Works Program Central government level Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) • Coordination (policy, oversight, monitoring, and evaluation) • Provision of broad policy guidelines to ensure optimal linkages with government development directives and strategies as well as with existing programs and full alignment with the government’s reform agenda • Advocacy of social protection strategy implementation at subnational levels through existing structures and applied systems
Interministerial level National committee for democratic development Provides technical support to local-level authorities National committee for democratic development secretariat
Development partners
Social protection coordination unit
Local (subnational) level Provincial, district, and commune/Sangkat councils Charged with planning, implementing, and maintaining rural activities Planning and investment division and/or intersectoral division Provincial-district-commune/Sangkat
Cooperating partners
Local labor
Locally based private contractors
Implementation Experiences at Different Levels: Interministerial, Decentralized, and Donor Interministerial Level Several ministries are engaged in the implementation of public works programs. Implementation of physical infrastructure projects at the subnational level is the responsibility of line ministries such as the Ministry