Drowning in Debt - Impact of 2011 Cambodia Floods on Household Debt

Author(s)
Bullen, D. and Corita, S.
Publication language
English
Pages
49pp
Date published
01 Jan 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disasters, Floods & landslides
Countries
Cambodia
Organisations
CARE International

The 2011 floods affected 18 of Cambodia’s 24 provinces, caused many human deaths, killed livestock and damaged houses, infrastructure and thousands of hectares of rice field. Many households are potentially at risk from defaulting on loans taken out prior to the flood. This consultancy closely examined the impact of the floods on individual household financial circumstances.