Cambodia Southeast Asia Disaster Risk
                                      IN CAMBODIA
                                                                                         Management Project


Background
Limited road connectivity in combination with high disaster and climate change vulnerability lead to
barriers in development in Cambodia, which remains predominantly a rural subsitence economy, with 79
percent of the population living in rural areas. The 2016 World Risk Index ranks Cambodia the 9 th most
disaster prone country in the world, with floods, storms and droughts as the most prevalent hazards.
Typhoon Ketsana in 2009 and the floods in 2011 and 2014 cased damangs and losses of US$132 million,
US$625 million, and US$357 million, respectively. A preliminary financial risk assessment estimated high
annual economic losses for Cambodia due to natural disasters, equivalent to 0.9 percent of GDP. The
transport sector is the most affected by natural disasters and the impacts are expected to become more
pronounced due to climate change.
Recognizing the links between development, sustainability, and resilience, Cambodia has started to
incorporate disaster and climate resilience priorities into its national strategies, however the needs for
increased physical investments in disaster resilience, as well as capacity of Government to pursue
sustainable and resilient road invetsment planning, execution and maintance are high. Building on lessons
learnt from the Cambodia Ketsana Emergency Rehabilitation and Recovery Project, and being part of a          Location: Stung Treng, Kratie,
series of projects on Disaster Risk Management in Southeast Asia, the Cambodia Southeast Asia Disaster       Kampong Cham, Tbong Khmum,
Risk Management project promotes supports structural and non -structural investments to increase climate     Siem Reap, and Kandal provinces
resilience, and promotes disaster risk financing tools including the development of the Southeast Asia
Disaster Resilience Insurance Facility (SEADRIF) through a grant from the Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
                                                                                                              Financiers:
                                                                                                               International Development
                                                                                                                 Association (World Bank),
                                                                                                                 US$60 million (Credit), US$1
                                                                                                                 million (Grant)
                                                                                                               Royal Government of
                                                                                                                 Cambodia, US$1.5 million



                                                                                                              Implementing Agencies:
                                                                                                               The Ministry of Rural
                                                                                                                Development;
                                                                                                               The Ministry of Economy and
                                                                                                                Finance


                                                                                                              Approval Date:
                                                                                                              April 14, 2017
About the Project
The project development objective is to improve climate resilient rural road connectivity in selected         Closing Date:
provinces. This objective will be achieved through:
                                                                                                              March 31, 2022
   Component 1: Resilient Rural Corridors:
       Carrying out (a) civil works for the strengthening, climate resilient rehabilitation, safety and
        maintenance of selected existing rural roads, (b) road safety training and disaster risk
        management and preparedness awareness raising activities for communities adjacent to
        selected rural roads.                                                                                 Contact:
       Providing technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Rural and
                                                                                                              World Bank Task Team Leader:
        Development and its provincial offices for planning and managing disaster resilience in the
        rural roads sector, including: (a) strengthening of rural road maintenance and management             Zuzana Stanton-Geddes
        systems; (b) development of flood resilient road guidelines; (c) development of rural roads           E-mail:
        financing and maintenance strategies; (d) capacity building for planning, prioritization,             zstantongeddes@worldbank.org
        implementation and monitoring of rural road assets.
   Component 2: Financial Planning for Disaster Resilience
       Providing technical assistance to strengthen Ministry of Economy and Finance capacity for
        financial planning for disaster resilience, including (a) mainstreaming of disaster and climate
        resilience into public investment planning and development processes; (b) preparing and
        implementing a national disaster and climate risk finance strategy; (c) facilitating the
        feasibility study on a regional disaster risk polling mechanism; and (d) supporting day -to-day
        implementation of the project.                                                                            www.worldbank.org
   Component 3: Project Management
       Provision of technical and operational assistance to strengthen the institutional,
        organizational and technical capacity of MRD to support day-today Project implementation,             www.youtube.com/worldbank
        including coordination, technical matters, procurement, financial management, social and
        environmental safeguards, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting.
   Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)                                               www.twitter.com/worldbank
       Provision of immediate and effective response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, as needed.

Beneficiaries and Results                                                                                    www.facebook.com/worldbank
The project is expected to benefit 340,000 residents who live within 2 km of project roads and
will benefit more than 3.5 million people living in the six targeted provinces.