Poverty Reduction. Poverty reduction is a central goal of Cambodia's First
Socioeconomic Development Plan, 1996-2000. Better and up-to-date information about
the poor is essential to assist the Government in designing effective policies for attacking
poverty. Who are the poor? How many poor are there? Where do they live? What are
their sources of income? Policies intended to help the poor cannot succeed unless the
Government knows who the poor are and how they are likely to respond to public
interventions. This report takes an initial step towards answering these questions, and sets
out an approach to developing the household survey information base for future poverty
monitoring and assessment in Cambodia.