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- 1997-2015 (Creation)
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25 digital files
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William Augustus Collins is an anthropologist, scholar/teacher, development specialist and programme administrator. He was a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his MA in Southeast Asian Studies in 1967 and PhD in Anthropology in 1979. From the 1990s through the 2010s, he was involved in various educational and legal projects in southeast Asia, primarily in Cambodia, authoring papers and books in connection to those projects. His previous major roles include President of the Center for Advanced Study at Phnom Penh in Cambodia (1997-2000); Country Director for The Asia Foundation in East Timor (2002-2003); UNICEF educational consultant, based in the Ministry of Education in Cambodia (2004-2006); scholarship consultant for the World Bank (2005); UNICEF technical advisor to the Cambodian Education for All National Secretariat (2006-2007) and Academic Dean for Asia and the Pacific at World Learning, SIT Study Abroad (2008-2012).
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Reports and discussion papers (mostly draft versions) written by Collins for various social, educational and legal programmes and projects in Cambodia, including:
- Preliminary assessment report entitled ‘Dynamics of Dispute Resolution and Administration of Justice for Cambodian Villagers’, 1 digital file, dated 1997
- Discussion paper entitled ‘Grassroots Civil Society in Cambodia’, 1 digital file, dated 1998
- Draft report entitled ‘Local Planning Process: Reinforcing Civil Society – Case Studies from Battambang’, 1 digital file, dated 1999
- Report entitled ‘Seeking Health Services from Medical Practitioners and Traditional Healers: A Case Study from Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia’, 1 digital file, dated 1999
- Inception report for the National Scholarships Programme, supported by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and written for the UNICEF Programme Management Consultancy, 1 digital file, dated 2004
- Report entitled ‘A Study of Cambodian Folktales Related to Justice’, 1 digital file, dated 2005
- Draft discussion paper on four scholarship programmes supported by the Cambodian government’s Priority Action Programme, Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, Belgian Technical Co-operation and the Cambodia Education Sector Support Programme, 1 digital file, dated 2006
- Draft final reports on Belgian Technical Co-operation’s school building project and its scholarship programme, with survey results, 3 digital files, dated from 2006 to 2007
- Report for the Education for All Mid-Decade Assessment 2000-2005 in Cambodia, 8 digital files, dated 2007
- Draft impact reports and a project completion report on the 2005 and 2006 editions of the 'Targeted Assistance for Education of Poor Girls and Children in Ethnic Minority Areas' project, supported by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, 3 digital files, dated 2005 to 2007
- Report on the mid-term evaluation of the education programme by the Cambodia office of Save the Children International, 1 digital file, dated 2013
- End-of-project performance evaluation of the Improved Basic Education in Cambodia project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development, 1 digital file, dated 2014
- Baseline study report and final evaluation of the 'Fighting discrimination and violence in schools - for inclusive and child friendly quality education' project, implemented by Save the Children in Cambodia and funded by IKEA foundation, 2 digital files, one undated and one dated 2015
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
One duplicated document entitled 'UNICEF EFA MDA 2005- Introduction- History of Education in Cambodia' was weeded.