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MEDIA KIT
Cambodia
Brief Hazard Profi le
chapter 4
country hazard and
vulnerability profi les
Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world. The country
has been ravaged by armed confl ict for three decades. Since the Paris
peace agreement of 1991, rehabilitation and recons-truction forms
the main focus of the country’s development policies. Development
assistance to the country continues to be largely focused on rehabilitation
and humanitarian assistance. Recently, the country attained
certain achievement in the nation’s reconstruction and development
process with its move from a low human development index rank of
153 (in 1997) to a medium rank of 121 (in 1999) out of 174 countries.
However, in 2004, it ranked 130 out of 177 countries.
Hazards
The main natural hazard to which Cambodia is exposed is fl oods. Other
natural hazards include occasional typhoons, drought and epidemics.
The country is naturally susceptible to annual fl ooding during the main
monsoon season along the two major watersheds along the Tonle Sap