Statute: Rural Electrification Fund of the Kingdom of Cambodia (In Khmer)

This is the 2005 Cambodian law that establishes a Rural Electrification Fund to provide grants to lower the capital costs of projects designed to provide electricity services to previously unserved rural households and businesses. It describes the governance structure, functions and internal procedures of the fund. Similar funds or rural electrification agencies have now been established in more than 10 African countries.

Cambodia - Operational Manual For Rural Electrification Fund

A detailed internal operations manual for the Cambodian Rural Electrification Fund.  This builds on and “drills down” from the Cambodian Rural Electrification Fund law.  Note the sample grant application forms for different types of applicants that are attached as appendices. The REF has a goal of disbursing 50,000 grants of US $45 for each new household connection in rural areas. Operational Manual For Rural Electrification Fund (January 2007, 81 pages). 

 

Sub-Project for Promoting Public-Private Partnerships at the Siem Reap Women’s Development Center

This sub-project was funded by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Regional Technical Assistance Program (RETA) and the Cambodian Resident Mission. The objective was to transform the Siem Reap women’s development center (WDC) from a vocational training provider to an enterprise development center to promote the sustainable micro, small, and medium enterprise development through a PPP model that would lead to economic empowerment for the rural poor – especially women - and more inclusive pro-poor economic growth in the province.