According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, ...

Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. As the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. ...

According to the report on Cambodia Forest Cover 2018 issued on December 2020 by the Ministry of Environment (MoE),79 Cambodia has conducted eight national forest assessments in 1958/65, 1992/93, 1996/97, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018. the forest cover assessment from 1958-1965 has not ...

Cambodia has added an 18th goal to its localized version of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – “End the negative impact of mines/ERW and promote victim assistance”.87 the SDGs were adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015 as a universal call to action ...

The mining secTor in Cambodia is mosTly undeveloped, and acTive mining enTerprises are Typically small-scale quarries producing maTerials for consTrucTion, such as laTeriTe, marble, graniTe, limesTone, gravel and sand. There is no indusTrial-scale exTracTion of minerals, alThough many exploraTion licenses have been granTed To ...

Garment workers waiting in line to get food. Photo by International Labour Organisation, taken on 14 July 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has the highest labor force participation rate in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region, with 82.7 percent of the working population aged 16-64 employed ...

Barcamp ASEAN 2017 took place on October 21-22, at Institute of technology of Cambodia (ItC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia. the principle of the camp is to bring and gathers together the participants in Cambodia and the regional for the open exchange of knowledge, skills, and experiences on how ...

Decentralization and deconcentration are seen as “internally driven” reforms249, where the national government gradually delegates power, involving either administration or finance, to local governments to administer in their locality.27-year-old Sun Sovath supports his family by raising chickens, in Kampong thom, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank Photo ...

Tonle Sap lake reflecTions. PhoTo from Mariusz Kluzniak. Uploaded on 1 January 2012. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0DespiTe severe droughTs sTriking The counTry frequenTly, Cambodia possesses subsTanTial waTer resources, mosTly conTained in The Mekong River and The Tonle Sap greaT lake and river. The lake ...

One of the highlights of last year’s edition of the​ 5th Mekong ICt Camp 2017 hosted by Open Development Cambodia was the “Seed Grant Innovative Award”, endowed with 3,000$ for each of the five awarded teams. About half a year after the grant receivers were ...

On 18 October 2017, the ODC team ended the week with an exciting workshop under a project theme of “Public Awareness of and Engagement in Government Service Delivery” funded by Swedish Program for ICt in Developing Regions (SPIDER), at Mekong Dolphin Hotel in Kratie province. ...

Cambodia’s economy has experienced an impressive performance, reflected in its rapid economic growth and significant poverty reduction. Part of this is the result of the relative openness of Cambodia towards foreign investors. Domestic investment has also been growing, although at a lower rate than other ...

Between 2010 and 2018, 73 people have been victims of extra-judicial violence, more commonly referred to as “mob justice” or “mob killings” and these acts of violence resulted in 57 deaths and 16 wounded.381 those figures are considered by experts to be largely underestimated due ...

National budget on uptrendIn the last three years, Cambodia’s national budget has seen significant growth of around US$ 1.6 billion, from US$ 3.4 billion in 2014467 to US$ 5 billion in 2017.468 this is an average annual increase of almost 14%. the increase can be ...

Environmental protection and conservation are given high priority in the Royal Government of Cambodia’s guiding strategy, the Rectangular Strategy Phase III (2014–2018). ...

The ConsTiTuTion of The Kingdom of Cambodia was officially promulgaTed by Royal Kram on 24 SepTember 1993. Image designed by Open DevelopmenT Cambodia (ODC), 10 SepTember 2021. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.The 1993 ConsTiTuTion of The Kingdom of Cambodia is The supreme law of The ...

Biodiversity​ or​ Biological​ Resources:​ Various​ organisms​ in​ the​ same​ or​ different​ species​ and​ living​ organisms​ of​ all​ levels​ and​ sources,​ including​ land,​ marine​ and​ freshwater​ ecosystems,​ and​ the​ ecological​ relationships​ in​ which​ these​ ecosystems​ exist.​537​​ Biodiversity is essential for most of the resources used by ...

In Phnom Penh on 21 October 2020, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a workshop on the legal and regulatory archives of Open Development Cambodia. the workshop aimed to improve the user experience of ODC’s “Legal documents” section.Workshop, participants came from varying backgrounds. Some were from ...

A national road in Cambodia. Photo by Pat Scullion, taken on 2 April 2010 under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Infrastructure describes the built assets that allow a country to function, such as roads, railways, ports, airports, communication systems, electricity and drinking water distribution networks. the Ministry of ...

Cambodia has the ambition to transform and digitalize the government system and its economy. the overarching determination comes after the country’s ambitious economic goal of 2050, the readiness to keep up with the region’s science and technology development, and the global megatrend, the fourth industrial ...