Maina Kiai speaking with journalists outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh. Photo by Maina Kiai, taken on 6 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0The first humanitarian international non-governmental organizations arrived in 1989. After the 1993 election, more and more internal organizations href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/private-non-profit-development-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/development-policies-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Criminal litigation refers to the judicial procedure held before a criminal court to resolve accusations brought against a person accused of a criminal offense. As defined in the law, “The purpose of a criminal action is to examine the existence of an offense, to prove href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/criminal-litigation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cassava farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Photo by CIAT, taken on 09 December 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0The drought that Cambodia experiences is a shortage of water that is typically caused by:late onset of the rainy season (which normally occurs from May/June to October and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/drought/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 9 focuses on the development of sustainable and resilient infrastructure and industries, including small-scale enterprises. It encourages scientific research and the upgrade of the technological capabilities of industries. Access to information and communications technology and affordable Internet access are included. The goal has 5 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-9-industry-innovation-and-infrastructure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Royal Government of Cambodia has acknowledged the potential of the tourism industry as a source of Cambodia’s socio-economy growth, including job creation and poverty reduction. Tourism has been considered one of Cambodia’s key economic pillars, both international and domestic. In the early 2000s, the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/tourism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Communications OfficerPositionCommunications Officer  (1 position)Reports toPartnership and Communication Manager     Coordinates withIT team, Editor-research team, Mapper team and other staffsJob locationPhnom PenhContract typeFull-timeSalary rangeUSD 450 to USD 750 per month and plus other benefitsJob SummaryOpen Development Cambodia manages an open data website (www.opendevcam.net), aggregating a wide href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/about/jobs/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-job-communication-officer/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Joint Accountability Action Plan (JAAP) meeting in Andoung Pou commune, Romeas Haek district, Svay Rieng province. Photo by Open Development Cambodia Team, taken on 26 June 2018. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0The budget of khan/municipality and commune/sangkat administrations is included under the budget of the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/social-accountability/sub-national-administration-budgets/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

For the purposes of oil and gas exploration, six Offshore Blocks (A–F) have been set out. Significant finds of oil have been made in Block A, but no oil has yet been extracted. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/off-shore-oil-and-gas-exploration-and-extraction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Heavy trucks on a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Phalinn Ool, taken on June 15 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Cambodian government’s 2014–18 Revenue Mobilization Strategy aimed to enhance revenue administration and strongly increase the collection of taxes and other revenue. The href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/taxation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Children in Moung district, Battambang province, wash their hands with soap and water. Photo by WorldFish Cambodia, taken on 08 November 2018. Licensed under (CC BY-ND 2.0).Recognized as a global crisis, the United Nations has included water and sanitation in Sustainable Development Goal 6, ensuring href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Data for Development Asia Hub (D4DAsia) is currently seeking independent, country-level researchers (individual or institution) for the following 14 countries:Indonesia; Philippines; Singapore; Cambodia; Lao PDR; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam; Sri Lanka; India; Nepal; Bangladesh; Taiwan; and Japan.Selected researchers will act as national researchers for the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/call-for-national-researchers-for-the-global-data-barometer-asia-region/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the World Risk Index for 2020, Cambodia was ranked as the 16th most vulnerable country in the world out of 181 countries listed.425 Global climate changes and ongoing disasters such as storms, floods and droughts are big challenges partly because of a lack of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disaster-preparedness-and-emergency-response-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

table { width: 100%; } table td { vertical-align: middle; } Cambodians gathering along the Chaktomuk riverside in Phnom Penh to watch boat racing during the Water Festival. Photo by Patrik M. Loeff, taken on 24 November 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.PopulationProvisional results from href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/population-and-censuses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Rice field in Cambodia’s countryside. Photo by fmpgoh, taken on 15 July 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The main products from the agriculture sector are rice, rubber, corn, vegetables, cashews and cassava. Unprocessed agricultural exports were projected to be more than 90 percent of total agricultural href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agricultural-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a defined area within a country that is subject to different laws and regulations than other areas of the country. These comprehensive industrial areas provide preferential incentives to investors and offer government import-export administrative support to facilitate trade. Though href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/special-economic-zones/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Industries in Cambodia (excluding extractive industries and mining) are mostly within the garment, light manufacturing, agricultural, construction and tourism sectors. The Royal Government of Cambodia has set directions to transform Cambodia into a middle-income economy by 2030 and high-income country by 2050, as mandated in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The 2030 Agenda was developed to reflect that “the international community has made significant strides towards lifting people out of poverty (). However, inequality still persists and large disparities remain in access to health and education services and other assets”. 538Although the number of people href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg10-reduced-inequalities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Farmers harvest corn from their farms, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank/Chhor Sokunthea, taken on 17 July 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Key agricultural commodities and products include rice, rubber, corn (maize), vegetables and fruit, and cassava (tapioca). More than 90 percent of Cambodia’s agricultural exports href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/agricultural-commodities-processing-and-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...