Phnom Penh Fares Poorly in Livability Index
Phnom Penh is one of the least-livable cities in the world, but has also seen relatively strong improvement in quality of life over the past five years, the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Livability Ranking released this month has found. The analysis of 140 cities, which <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom%e2%80%88penh-fares-poorly-in-livability-index/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
David Kaner
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom%E2%80%88penh-fares-poorly-in-livability-index-41445/
Tourists in Phnom Penh Find Novelty Among Demonstrations
Despite the demonstration at Freedom Park, razor-wire barricades, blocked streets and clashes between citizens and police in the past two days, it appears that the camp-in and security presence in the city are merely a novelty for some tourists. On Monday afternoon, one couple, australians John <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourists-in-phnom-penh-find-novelty-among-demonstrations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/tourists-in-phnom-penh-find-novelty-among-demonstrations-42535/
Audi to cruise into local market
German luxury car manufacturer audi has expanded into Cambodia, joining the recent entry of higher-end automobile producers into a small but growing market. at a signing ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday, audi aG appointed automotive asia (Cambodia) Ltd as its official distributor in the country. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/audi-to-cruise-into-local-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/audi-cruise-local-market
Disenfranchisement at Polls as Citizens Unable to Vote and Illegal Voting Allowed
TIC Executive Director Kol PreapTransparency International Cambodia (TIC) Conducted a sample-base observation of the July 28th election and vote count. In this observation, TIC deployed a total of 906 TIC observers to a representative sample of 407 polling stations across 24 provinces and municipalities. Here <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/disenfranchisement-at-polls-as-citizens-unable-to-vote-and-illegal-voting-allowed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Open Development Cambodia published School locations in Cambodia (2012) dataset
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on School locations in Cambodia (2012) in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, we provide the data details information on preschool, primary school,and lycee and college nationwide.=> Please click <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-school-locations-in-cambodia-2012-dataset/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cambodia benefits from zero tariffs in RCEP trade deal, sees surge in exports
Cambodia’s exports to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries reached $4.59 billion in the first seven months of this year, marking a significant 21% growth compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce. The boost in exports <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-benefits-from-zero-tariffs-in-rcep-trade-deal-sees-surge-in-exports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346937/cambodia-benefits-from-zero-tariffs-in-rcep-trade-deal-sees-surge-in-exports/
អាជ្ញាបណ្ណអាជីវកម្មរ៉ែត្បូងថ្មមានតម្លៃ
ប្រភព: ប្រកាសរួមលេខ ១៤៥១ សហវ ប្រកស្តីពីការផ្តល់សេវាសាធារណៈ និងការពិន័យអន្តរការណ៍ជាប្រាក់ដោយក្រសួងរ៉ែ និងថាមពល <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/?post_type=tablepress_table&p=184724 ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Decentralization and deconcentration
Decentralization and deconcentration are seen as “internally driven” reforms1, 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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/decentralization-and-deconcentration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Biodiversity
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.29 Biodiversity is essential for most of the resources used by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/biodiversity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
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Commander Says Prosecutor Deployed Troops
Armed troops thAt were deployed lAst month to quell A lAnd dispute protest outside the Kompong Speu ProvinciAl Court were ordered to do so by A court prosecutor, A commAnder in the RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) sAid yesterdAy. On Feb. 9, A detAchment of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/commAnder-sAys-prosecutor-deployed-troops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Angkor Gold cashes in on Cambodia
It has been just over a year since Vancouver-based angkor Gold (aNK-V) went public with its stable of Cambodian exploration projects, and it is looking like the company’s early mover strategy in the developing Southeast asian nation might be poised to pay off. To kick <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-gold-cashes-in-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.northernminer.com/news/angkor-gold-cashes-in-on-cambodia/1001981285/?type=HotSectors
Cambodia's government takes back land
The government has slashed about 250,000 hectares of land from 79 economic land concessions (ELCs), forest concessions and wildlife protection concessions and will return it, replete with land titles, to “poor people”, January’s Royal Book says. The publication, issued on January 17 and obtained yesterday, says <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodias-government-takes-back-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013020761237/National/cambodia-s-government-takes-back-land.html
Arbitration Court Backs Government in Power Deal with US Firm
The government has won an arbitration case in a World Bank court, successfully countering a $300 million claim made by a U.S based company over a failed power plant project dating back to 1996. according to a statement from the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/arbitration-court-backs-government-in-power-deal-with-us-firm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Subedi Protest Linked to CPP-Aligned Youth Group
Despite the apparent spontaneity of a protest against U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi at a university in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night, it emerged Wednesday that one of the apparent leaders of the demonstration is associated with a youth organization aligned with the ruling <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/subedi-protest-linked-to-cpp-aligned-youth-group/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/subedi-protest-linked-to-cpp-aligned-youth-group-26156/
Family Accepts $9000 over Collapse Death
The family of a worker who was killed when a ceiling collapsed at Kompong Spue province footwear factory lasts week has accepted 9,000 in compensation, and in return has agreed not file a complaint against the company, the deceased’s wife said yesterday. Rim Sarouen, 22, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/family-accepts-9000-over-collapse-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cash for Siem Reap Market Repair to Come From National Budget
A $300,000 sum to repAir Siem ReAp City’s fire-rAvAged Doeum KrAlAnh mArket, originAlly billed on MondAy As A donAtion from Prime Minister Hun Sen, will ActuAlly be tAken from the nAtionAl budget, According to A senior ruling-pArty officiAl. Less thAn three weeks before the July 28 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAsh-for-siem-reAp-mArket-repAir-to-come-from-nAtionAl-budget/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Health Ministry to Probe Suspect Baby Formula
The Ministry of Health will investigate a baby milk formula sold in Cambodia that has been recalled over a risk it contains bacteria that causes botulism, an official said Tuesday. New Zealand dairy company Fonterra has advised eight companies that bought a whey protein concentrate produced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/health-ministry-to-probe-suspect-baby-formula/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Government-formed land dispute committee suspected of bias
The Kompong Chhnang provincial government has set up a new committee to help settle a long-running land dispute between local farmers and a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, but a representative of the villagers has not been invited <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-formed-land-dispute-committee-suspected-of-bias/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-formed-land-dispute-committee-suspected-of-bias-53851/
Students may monitor textbook delivery
Transparency International (T.I.) Cambodia and education NGOs on Friday held a conference titled “Promoting Integrity to Strengthen the Quality of Education in Cambodia,” where ideas were put forward on stamping out corruption in schools. “We need to mobilize the students themselves in tracking the delivery <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-may-monitor-textbook-delivery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
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