Mobility restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic have increased the risk of food insecurity. To help households easing the burden, the Government of Cambodia introduced a cash transfer program (CTP) scheme targeting 560,000 (later expanded to 710,000) poor and vulnerable households.

This seminar will discuss the extent to which the CTP in Cambodia have been effective for poor households in maintaining food security during COVID-19. Ari Perdana (PhD candidate, Maastricht University) will present some preliminary findings from a large-scale household phone survey conducted during the pandemic in Cambodia.

Paper presenter: Ari Perdana (Maastricht University)
Discussants:
– Sokcheng Sim (Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Cambodia)
– Dr Kimlong Chheng (Asia Vision Institute, Cambodia)
Chair: Vichea Vanna Phuong (Cambodia Development Resource Institute, Cambodia)

The Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU) and the Asian Vision Institute (AVI) are hosts of this online seminar under the Food Insecurity and Inequality Program supervised by Professor Budy Resosudarmo and supported by the Australia-ASEAN Council. The seminar is also in cooperation with Forum Kajian Pembagunan in Indonesia and the ANU Indonesia Project and ANU Poverty and Inequality Research Centre (PIRC).

Wednesday, 21 March 2024 at 11.00-12.30 Phnom Penh/Jakarta (GMT+7) or 15.00-16.30 Canberra/Sydney (GMT+11)

Online on Zoom in English. Register: bit.ly/regional_seminar5
Thumbnail photo by Paul Szewczyk/Unsplash

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