Contents
1.Cambodia's Economic Transformation Historical and Theoretical Frameworks
2.The Rise of Provincial in Cambodia
3.China's Aid to Cambodia
4.Growth in the Garment Sectors
5.The Privatization of Cambodia's Rubber Industry
6.Cashews Cash and Capitalism in Northeast Cambodia
7.The Politics and Practice of Land Registration at the Grassroots
8.Neoliberal Strategies of Poverty Reduction in Cambodia The Case of Microfinance
9.The Politics and Profits of Labour Export
10.The Politics Economy of Good Governance Reform
11.Party Financing of Local Investment Projects Elite and Mass Patronage
12.Local Leaders and Big Business in Three Communes
13.Accountability and Local Politics in Natural Resource Management
14.NGOs, People's Movements and Natural Resource Management
15.Imagined Parasites Flows of Monies and Spirits
Figures
1.The Jarai farming system at Tang Kadon
2.Selected area not showing recent land sale
3.The same area showing land sales transacted recently
4.Location where landholdings were surveyed
5.CPP Working Group Structure
Tables
1.Agricultuer in Cambodia 2000-2006
2.Situation of Rubber Cultivation at 31 December 1968
3.The Jarai Agricultural Calendar
4.Land Sales in Tang Kadon by Year Differentiated by Seller and Buyer
5.Land Sales in Tang Kadon by Year
6.Transfer of land holdings in Voar Sar Pneay and Khtum Krang Communes Kampong Spen Province
7.How people conduct land transactions before and after receiving land titles in Voar Sar and Pneay Communes Kampong Speu Province
8.Reasons for not registering land transfers at cadastral authority
9.Number of borrowers of Microfinance as of March 2010
10.Case 1. District Working Group Composition
11.Case 2.CPP support to the district 2003-2007
12.Case 3. CPP support to the commune 2003-2007
13.Case 4 CPP support to the district 2003-2007
14.Case 2. CPP and Other Support one selected commune (in USD) 2003-2007
15.Case 3. Party and Donor Support to the district 1998-2007

This is the first book on the transformations wrought by Cambodia's 2002-08 economic boom. It explores the impact of the boom on governance, economic structure, and opportunities for the poor. It provides new insights into the relationship between economic growth and political stability in post-conflict societies. It is a cross-disciplinary study involving Cambodian and foreign scholars. From 2002, Cambodia underwent a visible economic transformation driven largely by such external factors as increased Chinese demand for primary commodities and a strong international demand for Cambodian garments. Apart from dramatic rates of economic growth, the boom involved the disappearance of forests and the decline of logging, the inflow of Chinese investment and the rise of indigenous capital, and the increased significance of remittances from garment workers and labour migrants. In addition, the impact of government policies on land registration and concessions transformed relations of production and, with them, the socio-economic and political environment in rural and urban Cambodia.