The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Selling fruit and cooked food, a group of Khmer women operate food stalls in an area of vacant land behind Lenin Boulevard in central Phnom Penh. The state of the Cambodian economy, and the level of poverty experienced by a large percentage of the population upon the arrival of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was such that people and families will try to sell anything - from a single apple to a plastic bag - to make money. Unfortunately UNATC's arrival brought with it an inflation rate which devalued the riel from five to the US dollar in the late eighties to 500 riel in 1991, to 6,000 riel in 1994.
Two young Khmer girls gather more stock of worthless pre-Khmer Rouge era Cambodian riel from their dealer, which they then offer for sale as a souvenir item to tourists at the O'Russei Markets, locate
At the foothills of the Chuor Phnum Damrei (or elephant mountains), the basalt mountain range that runs through the southern province of Kompong Speu, villagers derive their income from breaking up th
Worthless Cambodian riel from the French colonial and later eras is offered for sale to tourists by a young Khmer girl at the O'Russei Markets located near the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. Unfortuna
A Khmer man squats behind vegetables and other produce that he is offering for sale in a street in central Phnom Penh. The state of the Cambodian economy, and the level of poverty experienced by a lar
Children look on as a man uses a hammer and a strip of leather to smash the collection of rocks at his feet, in a small village at the foothills of the Chuor Phnum Damrei (or elephant mountains), sout
Iraqi children smiling, laughing and playing up to the camera in an open air market in Ar Rumaythah. The market stalls are selling a variety of food.
