Banking and financial services policy and regulation
Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/banking-and-financial-services-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
SDG 11 – “Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” – aims to improve housing, transport, public spaces and urban environments, and strengthens resilience to disasters and climate change.There are seven targets covering specific areas and three means of implementation targets.26 Most of the ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-11-sustainable-cities-and-communities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Electricity infrastructure
Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/electricity-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Trade policy and regulation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen were at the Aid for Trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World Trade Organization (WTO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.International trade plays an essential role in improving Cambodia’s growth, employment and business opportunities. Trade policy ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Legal aid providers
Legal aid is provided either by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC), internationally funded Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and public interest law firms. A special legal team under the supervision of the Prime Minister, aiming to assist impoverished women, particularly those in prison, ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/legal-aid-providers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Iron and steel
Although Cambodia is believed to have iron ore resources and a number of exploration licenses have been granted, no significant finds have been reported. There is no commercial mining of iron ore in the country. While ambitious plans for mining and steel plants have been ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/iron-and-steel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Sustainable Development Goals
In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 items that have become known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These goals have ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sustainable-development-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Development policies and administration
Products from Vietnam arrive at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in Kandal province. Photo by World Bank Photo Collection, taken on 23 February 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreement, commonly referred to as the Paris Agreement, is seen as the beginning ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/development-policies-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy
SDG 7 focuses on affordable, reliable and sustainable access to modern energy services. This includes ensuring universal access to energy services (SDG 7.1), increasing the proportion of renewable energy sources used to supply these services (SDG 7.2) and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg7-affordable-and-clean-energy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cooking fuel
Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/cooking-fuel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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.255There is currently no ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mineral-and-mineral-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Australian aid
Prime Minister of Australia, The Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and Prime Minister Hun Sen at Gala Dinner for ASEAN Heads of State/Government/Delegation and Spouses, dated 12 November 2022. Photo from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia.Cambodia and Australia established their diplomatic ties ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/australian-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Government services
List of public services provided by One Window Service Office at Rotanak Mondol district hall in Battambang province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 February 2020. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Government services might be perceived as tools in pursuing the country’s development, and assuring ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/government-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Civil society
The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/civil-society/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Provincial and local governments
Patients are registered during the outreach screening at Vien Health Center. Photo by Community Eye Health, taken in 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The Kingdom of Cambodia is an indivisible state. The country’s administration at all levels and in all sectors falls under the same ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/provincial-and-local-governments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Major banks
In 2020, COVID-19 severely impacted both the global and Cambodia economies. The banking system in Cambodia is also affected but at a moderate and manageable level.347 The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Cambodia Microfinance Association, and other relevant institutions pointed out the rate of the ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/major-banks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Economic policy and administration
After the first general election in 1993, the government prepared and implemented a comprehensive micro- and macroeconomic policy and structural reform program to integrate Cambodia’s economy into the region and the world as well as stimulate its economic growth.369 In the two decades following that ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/economic-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Swedish aid
Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, His Excellency Björn Häggmark, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen, dated 04 December 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.Cambodia and Sweden established their diplomatic ties in 1961. Sweden started to provide the first development cooperation support in ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/swedish-aid/ ' class='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 ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/community-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental impact assessments
The primary legal requirements for environmental impact assessments (EIAs) in Cambodia are set out in Content II, Book V of the Environment and Natural Resource Code509, Chapter III of the Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resource Management 1996510(EPNRM Law), and the Sub-Decree no. 72 ref='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/environmental-impact-assessments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
