▁households ▁face ▁season al ▁food ▁short ages ▁each ▁year . ▁R ice ▁alone ▁accounts ▁for ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁ 3 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁household ▁exp end it ures . ▁ ▁The ▁rural ▁citizens ▁are ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁have ▁the ▁least ▁access ▁to ▁education , ▁health ▁and ▁other ▁public ▁services ▁because ▁of ▁poor ▁infrastr uct ures ▁and ▁lack ▁of ▁government ▁invest ment ▁in ▁areas ▁where ▁it ▁matters ▁most . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁education ▁exp end iture ▁only ▁account ed ▁for ▁ 1 . 6 % ▁of ▁Camb odia ’ s ▁total ▁G DP ▁putting ▁it ▁amongst ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁other ▁poor er ▁nations . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁only ▁ 7 8 % ▁of ▁adult s ▁above ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁are ▁liter ate . ▁ ▁R amp ant ▁cor ruption ▁amongst ▁the ▁political ▁el ites ▁and ▁government ▁b ureau cr ats ▁is ▁a ▁key ▁factor ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁h ind ering ▁improvements ▁in ▁pover ty ▁levels . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Camb odia ▁was ▁ranked ▁ 1 5 4 th ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 7 8 ▁countries ▁in ▁the ▁Cor ruption ▁Per ception s ▁Index ▁( C PI ) ▁with ▁a ▁given ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 . 1 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁indicating ▁just ▁how ▁per verse ▁cor ruption ▁is ▁at ▁every ▁level ▁of ▁the ▁Camb od ian ▁society . ▁Yet , ▁this ▁is ▁already ▁considered ▁an ▁improvement ▁from ▁previous ▁years . ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁d eter rent ▁for ▁foreign ▁invest ments