Minerals and mineral products
Minerals from Halpern Mineral Collection, san Francisco, Photo by Eric Hunt taken on October 21 2006. License under: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Many of Cambodia’s mineral resources are undeveloped, with most production concentrating on construction materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel and limestone.1There is currently no ss='cambodia-color'>...
Environment and natural resources
Around three quarters of Cambodia’s population depend on agriculture, forest products and fisheries for their livelihoods, so the management of the environment and natural resources is of great importance. Deforestation has occurred on a large scale. Cambodia lost six percent of its remaining primary forest ss='cambodia-color'>...
Agriculture and fishing
Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, Cambodia. Photo by ILO/ Khem sovannara, taken on 12 July 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Agriculture continues to play an important role in Cambodia’s economy, but it provides a livelihood for a smaller proportion of today’s population ss='cambodia-color'>...
Aid and development
Following the Paris Peace Accords signed in October 1991, Cambodia has received a significant amount of global support for its development and post-conflict work. In 2014, 30 – 40 percent of the country’s national budget is funded through development assistance, placing Cambodia among the most ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Women's Affairs
Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Photo taken from the Ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 17 september 2016.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. Ns/RKM/0197/22, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs was formally established on 24 January 1996. The Ministry became the Ministry of Women and Veteran’s Affairs under the Royal ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japanese aid
Japanese military members observe as Cambodian sailors attach a neck brace to a patient during a Pacific Partnership knowledge exchange in sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photo by U.s. Pacific Fleet, taken on 21 June 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Japan, through its official development branch called Japan ss='cambodia-color'>...
Disasters and emergency response
Cambodia flood, 2011. Photo by European Commission, taken on 11 October 2011. Licensed under CC BY 2.0storms, flooding and lightning strikes are the major causes of death and property damage from natural disasters in Cambodia, while drought causes severe hardship, especially for farmers. In a ss='cambodia-color'>...
Community fisheries
Community fishery refuges, Battambang, Cambodia. Photo by Alan Brooks/WorldFish, taken on 2 November 2011. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Fishing practices in Cambodia are classified into three broad categories: small-scale or family fishing, medium-scale and large-scale or commercial fishing.In 2001, aware of the need to safeguard ss='cambodia-color'>...
Social development
A trained medical staff listens to the heartbeat of an infant at 16 Makara hospital in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Photo by The World Bank, taken on 30 January 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.social development addresses profound social problems,218 especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Plants
Although there are often new discoveries,285 a global lack of up to date data on botanical research makes plants biodiversity hard to assess in Cambodia. Compared to neighboring countries, the number of plant species is low, mostly due to the relative country’s flat landscape.286 Botanical knowledge ss='cambodia-color'>...
Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture
Cambodian fish farmer checking on fish quality. Photo by U.s. Agency for International Development (UsAID), taken on 16 October 2012. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia’s inland capture fisheries are among the largest in the world. The fishing industry encompasses subsistence, commercial and recreational fishing, as ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
H.E. Hang Chuon Naron and Julie Chung in the inauguration of the Rice Academy, Cambodia. Photo by U.S EmbaSSy Phnom Penh, take on 17 September 2014. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In 1996, the MiniStry of Education, Youth and Sport&nbSp;(MoEYS) waS eStabliShed.334 ItS organization and functioning SS='cambodia-color'>...
Forest cover
Cambodian forest cover has reduced dramatically in recent decades. In 1973 there were 13.1 million hectares of total forest, but by 2014 the total cover had fallen to 8.7 million hectares. ss='cambodia-color'>...
United States aid
The United StateS of America (the US) iS one of the biggeSt donorS to Cambodia.346 347 The hiStory of cooperation and relationS between the two countrieS can be traced back to the early 1950S after Cambodia received full independence from France. In 1955, the firSt SS='cambodia-color'>...
Procurement
“Stopping corruption may Start from uS” (Khmer verSion on Clean Hand poSter), in Kratie province, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on November 22, 2006. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0In Cambodia, the activitieS of buying goodS, conStruction work, repairS, and ServiceS and conSultation SS='cambodia-color'>...
Maternal and child health
The number of mothers who died in labour has nearly halved over four years, from 182 fatalities in 2011 to 100 in 2015.434 Deaths among children have also dropped, although they remain comparatively high, and the prevalence of underweight newborns is high compared to many ss='cambodia-color'>...
Adaptation
UN’s Bali Climate Change Conference. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 4 December 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Climate change is a continuing problem. In southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries that is most affected and underprepared. As it is a developing country, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Government
Cambodia is set up as a multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The King serves as the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Norodom sihamoni,486 the King, was crowned in 2004 after the abdication of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.EstablishmentUnder Royal Decree No. Ns/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Trade
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime MiniSter Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. EmbaSSy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. LicenSed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia iS a lower middle-income country with a faSt-growing economy that haS SuStained a SS='cambodia-color'>...
