BERLIN, GERMANY: A delegation from Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism is at one of the world’s largest travel trade shows, ITB Berlin, to drive business from Europe into the country. ...

Cambodia’s GDP is expected to grow by 5.5 percent with a low inflation rate of two percent in 2023, due to external factors and the re-opening of the economy. ...

The British Embassy Phnom Penh and the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Environment on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalizing cooperation on the UK’s Biodiverse Landscapes Fund (BLF) in Cambodia. ...

Total outstanding loans in the microfinance sector stood at $5.13 billion during the end of the third quarter of the last year, according to the latest data published by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA). ...

In April, the Royal Government of Cambodia collected 2,090 billion riels ($508 million) in revenue, which is equivalent to 7.15 percent of the 2024 annual budget expectation, as per data published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

World Bank Headquarters, 2013: World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. Photo by Simone D. McCourte, World Bank, taken on 16 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Funding data on development and assistance to land tenure and titling issues presents an incomplete and conflicting picture. Though various sources exist ...

Access to information and open budgets is the first component of the Implementation Plan for the Social Accountability Framework (I-SAF).11 The other three components are citizen monitoring, facilitation and capacity building, and learning and monitoring.12 Three types of local services providers are at the focus: ...

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 ...

 Call for application: Research grant for bachelor’s degree students to write thesisThrough a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Open Development Cambodia Organization (ODC) and the Institute of Science and Technology of Cambodia (ISTC) in Preah Vihear, focusing on collaborative efforts in education and research, ...

Prior to 2009, Kong Channa, a rice farmer from Svay Rieng province, would leave his wife and young child for months at a time in neighbouring provinces to supplement his income in the off season. This all changed, though, when he began working with the Cambodian ...

Now about six months old, Hope is still a little clumsy when climbing trees. Hope’s sidekick, named “173,” follows her around as if they were inseparable twins. Together, they swing in a hammock, bathe in a pool and, sometimes, climb up the metal bars of their ...

Tuesday marked World Toilet Day, the annual attempt to push the issue of open defecation back into the spotlight and highlight the preventable illnesses that are caused by what is still a very common practice in Cambodia, which has the lowest toilet coverage in Southeast ...

As Buddhist monks across the country don saffron robes and leave pagodas in search of donations to fill alms bowls each morning, seven monks based in Dangkao district on the dusty outskirts of Phnom Penh are thinking only of feeding the country’s growing appetite for ...

Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday that Cambodia may soon agree to take in asylum seekers who are now detained on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru after being diverted while trying to reach Australia. Mr. Morrison told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that next ...

Mr. Ian RAMAGE is the founder and director of Angkor Research and Consulting. With a Master of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Wollongong, New South Wales, he previously worked as a psychologist in juvenile detention centers in Australia and, as a consultant, ...

On 2 September 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the discussion of a meeting on 28 August 2023 between His Excellency Kitti Tesaphibal Bindit HUN MANET, and the U.S. Congressional Staff delegation led by Mr. Alex Carnes, ...

On 29 August 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a press release on the 12th Cambodia-Japan Human Rights Dialogue.The dialogue was co-chaired by His Excellency An Sokkhoeurn, UnderSecretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has just added two new features​ of Veal Ou Kdey and Phnom Raing community forestry to Community forestry​ profile page, thereby expanding the profile page to contain a total of 339 community forests in Cambodia. Published with comprehensive documentation, the profile ...

FacebookTwitterEmailShareFormer squatters who agreed to leave the Angkor Archaeological Park area for relocation to the Run Ta Ek development site in Siem Reap province want to see the new government help to create jobs because the location is new and far from the urban area ...

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. ...