Cambodia’s gross domestic product grew 6.9 per cent year-on-year in 2011, and is set to increase to 6.5 per cent this year, according to preliminary projections from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. agriculture, which was hit hard by floods last year, climbed 3.3 per cent, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-2011-gdp-hits-6-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The curse of Cambodia’s 2011 floods continues for those most affected, as they fall deeper into debt from unsustainable cyclical debt practices, a consortium of international NGOs said yesterday. The consortium of Care, Oxfam, Pact and Catholic Relief Services released the results of their January survey <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/flood-affected-poor-drowning-in-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fourth dAy of protests by gArment workers in KAmpong ChAm turned unruly yesterdAy, As neArly 2,000 workers shAttered the windows of their fActory with stones After briefly blocking NAtionAl RoAd 7. The workers blocked the roAd for About 10 minutes At 9Am, before returning to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/workers-AttAck-fActory/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The former deputy director general of anco Groups and his wife yesterday defended themselves against convictions handed down by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for embezzling nearly $60 million dollars from the firm &ndash; owned by CPP Senator and tycoon Kok an &ndash; during the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/appeal-court-rehears-case-of-60-million-embezzlement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 1,000 villagers in Prey Veng province’s Prey Veng town blocked traffic on national road 11 outside the office of the Cambodian People’s Party yesterday to demand the price of water be lowered from 1,800 riels per cubic metre to 1,200 riels. The protesters, who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/outrage-over-water-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the verdict of the appeal Court regarding the division of assets in a high-profile divorce case that has bounced back and forth between the courts for years. Yesterday’s ruling decreed that Nina Kanikar You, ex-wife of former Funcinpec Secretary of State <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/supreme-court-upholds-verdict-in-divorce-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AsiAn Development BAnk (ADB), one of the two mAjor finAnciers of the rehAbilitAtion of CAmbodiA’s rAilwAys, yesterdAy rejected criticism thAt they were providing insufficient resettlement pAckAges to residents displAced by the project. On FridAy, the ADB releAsed A cost study thAt showed thAt the compensAtion <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAnk-bAcks-displAced-fAmilies-compensAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Information Khieu Kanarith has encouraged all provincial and city information departments to set up and maintain their own homepages, websites and profiles on the Internet, including popular social networking sites such as Facebook, officials said yesterday. The minister, who posts frequent updates <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/information-minister-promotes-govt-use-of-social-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

State-run Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), the main provider of electricity in the country, has appealed to residents of Phnom Penh to reduce electricity use due to a power shortage, an EdC official said yesterday. The company is only able to produce 70 percent of the city’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-residents-asked-to-reduce-electricity-usage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than 200 families in Prey Veng province protested outside the Pea Reang district police office on Wednesday against electricity providers Elisa Hour and Electricite du Cambodge (EdC), which have both refused to lower electricity rates, despite having made a promise to do so three <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prey-veng-villagers-protest-mounting-electricity-costs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Net profits at acleda Bank increased by 86% to $49.4 million in 2011 as the company grew both its deposits and loan portfolio. In a statement released on Friday, acleda said that loans grew by 35.4 percent to $989.4 million, while deposits at the bank <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/net-profits-at-acleda-bank-increased-by-86-in-2011/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ApproximAtely 65 percent of the country’s 3,492 registered internAtionAl And locAl NGOs Are inActive, leAving only About 1,350 Active NGOs in the country, According to A report issued yesterdAy by NGO network CooperAtion Committee for CAmbodiA (CCC). The report, “CSO Contributions to the Development of CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-65-of-registered-ngos-inActive-report-shows/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia cassava exports to Thailand resumed yesterday along the Banteay Meanchey province border after Thai commerce officials agreed to expedite the granting of licenses that had prevented 1,600 tons of cassava from entering Thailand, officials and exporters said. The cassava, which had been stuck in trucks <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/blocked-cassava-permitted-into-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change, the Royal Government of Cambodia is taking major steps to improve its resilience and reduce its disaster risk with support from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. To <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-steps-up-fight-against-climate-change/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities on Sunday sent eight people to court for blocking National Road 4 and using violence against authorities in a land dispute in Prey Nop district’s Bit Traing commune. Four police officers and two commune security guards sustained injuries when the protesters <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eight-people-sent-to-court-over-violent-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s trade deficit with the rest of the world continued to widen last year to $5.2 billion, as the Kingdom’s imports outstripped its exports once again, a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) report released on Saturday said. The NBC figures revealed that the Kingdom imported $18.8 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trade-deficit-grows-once-more/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following public outcry after waste from construction projects in Sihanoukville was found being dumped directly into the sea, provincial authorities have said four sewage systems are now almost complete. The construction of sewage systems at four beaches was 80 per cent finished, while two pumping <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukvilles-new-sewage-systems-almost-complete/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) director-general Keo Rattanak said on Thursday that during the first seven months of this year, the company had received 237 complaints on Facebook regarding electricity meters. Rattanak was speaking on Thursday morning at a press conference to address concerns about the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/edc-draws-angry-complaints/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia Stock Exchange- (CSX-) listed Sihanoukville autonomous Port (PaS) saw a 16.55 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue during the second quarter of this year, according to an unaudited report filed on the exchange. In the second quarter of this year, the port earned $20.42 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sville-port-reports-revenue-up-16-in-q2-profits-drop/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Civil society organisations along with local authorities in Kampot province have kick-started a campaign to plant 100,000 mangrove trees in eight communities in the province throughout September to December. The campaign was jointly organised between actionaid, Children and Women Development Centre in Cambodia, Samaky Organisation, Kampot <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/push-for-mangrove-restoration-in-kampot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>