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Hon. Sam Rainsy,
MP (2R), Cambodian opposition leader, receives a copy of the new
CALD publication from Hon. Franklin Drilon (2L), CALD chairman,
during the formal launch of the CALD Official Development
Assistance book. Looking on are Mr. Gandhi Ambalam (L),
Singapore Democrat Party chairman and Dr. Neric Acosta (R), CALD
secretary general. |
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(December
10, 2007/ Taipei, Taiwan) Cambodian opposition leader, Hon. Sam
Rainsy, MP and CALD chair, Hon. Franklin Drilon, formally
launched today the book “Tracking Aid: Public Accountability
in Official Development Assistance”.
The book was
based on the CALD Conference hosted by the Sam Rainsy Party held
in Siem Reap, Cambodia on April 26-29, 2006 where CALD
parliamentarians and party leaders identified and assessed the
best practices and approaches to accountability in official
development assistance.
 During
the launch, Hon. Sam Rainsy, MP, provided a summary of the
essential lessons learned from the said conference. According to
him “the launch of this book is a very good initiative following
our work in Cambodia last year about transparency in utilization
of international assistance. I hope that this book will be
widely disseminated to all countries, the recipient countries as
well as the donor countries because international assistance is
supposed to help the poor in recipient countries and it is
supposed to use tax payers money from donor countries in an
effective way.” Hon. Franklin Drilon said in his published
message that “this book is the contribution of CALD, its member
parties, and its partners to the promotion of transparency,
accountability, and right to information, all of which are
indispensable not just in the development of a nation but also
in a functioning democracy.”
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