Phnom Penh effectively turned out to be a ghost city consisting of around 32,000 individuals in 1978 compared to the initial 457,000 individuals in 1970 as the majority of the urban population migrated to the country to work (Phnom Penh. ). ... This major failure of government caused major disparity as factory workers, soldiers, and party leaders received proper nutrition whilst the elderly, the sick, and children suffered from starvation and malnutrition (Becker, 1998). ...

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