A corrupt elite has captured the country’s emerging oil and mineral sectors while Cambodia’s international donors turn a blind eye, a new report from anti-graft NGO Global Witness claims today. Cambodia – one of the world’s poorest countries – could eventually earn enough from its oil, gas and minerals to become independent of foreign development aid. The report, Country for Sale, exposes for the first time how this future is being jeopardised by high-level corruption, nepotism and patronage in the allocation and management of these critical public assets…Private sector companies also have a role to play in improving the governance of Cambodia’s extractive industries. [refers to Chevron, BHP Billiton]