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Cambodia Hailed over UN Targets (Phnom Penh Post)

September 08, 2010

The Phnom Penh Post cited research fellow Ben Leo's research on Cambodia's progress on the Millennium Development Goals.

From the article:

The report, prepared by the Centre for Global Development, a United States-based independent policy research organisation, indicates that developing countries in Southeast Asia are outpacing those in other regions, placing Cambodia in a tie with Laos and Vietnam for second in terms of progress towards MDGs.

The eight goals were adopted by 189 countries in 2000 and are supposed to be achieved by 2015. Honduras topped the report, and the Kyrgyz Republic was also tied for second.

Read the article.