Agricultural production
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 ...
Run Ta Ek residents hope for jobs from the new govt
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 ...
Torn Vibol
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Opportunities to improve the management of marine fisheries conservation areas through open data and public participation
On 29 December 2020, at the new office of Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) in Kampot, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a focus group discussion on mapping information and data of saltwater community fisheries and conservative fisheries in Kampot and Kep.Group photo ...
Factories still skimping: ILO
Cambodia’s garment exports exceeded US$1 billion during the first quarter of 2012, yet many factories are failing to pay workers proper maternity leave benefits or address issues of fainting, a labour report says. The International Labour Organization-Better Factories Cambodia’s Twenty Eighth Synthesis Report on Working Conditions ...
Open Development Cambodia updates a topic page on "Environment and natural resources policy and administration"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has recently updated an exiting topic page on “Environment and natural resources policy and administration“. With the content updating, the public now can access to the most up to date information in the current context and legal documents, downloadable datasets, news ...
Joint press release: CCHR, ADHOC and Solidarity Center published the fourth annual report of the Cambodia fundamental freedoms monitor
On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (“ADHOC”) and the Solidarity Center (“SC”) announced the release of the Fourth Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project ...
Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association and Solidarity Center
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security in Cambodia, together with the related contents such ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Science and technology education and promotion”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Science and technology education and promotion”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Science and technology education and promotion in Cambodia, together with related content such as Primary and Secondary Level, New Generation ...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “List of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Companies in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updated an existing dataset on “List of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Companies in Cambodia” by adding 1 new CSR data of Wing Bank. This dataset provide a comprehensive and insightful overview of corporate initiatives that have a significant impact on the ...
Open Development Cambodia publishes Fisheries Conservation Areas profile page
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s fisheries conservation areas in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, the profile page aims to provide the up-to-date information on the country’s “community fishery, fish sanctuary, and flooded ...
IRI survey finds Cambodian majority optimistic over future
The vast majority of Cambodians – 81 per cent – believe the Kingdom is headed in the right direction, according to an International Republican Institute survey on democratic governance released yesterday. Key reasons respondents gave for their upbeat assessment included the building of more roads, bridges, health clinics ...
United States aid
The United States of America (the US) is one of the biggest donors to Cambodia.42 43 The history of cooperation and relations between the two countries can be traced back to the early 1950s after Cambodia received full independence from France. In 1955, the first ...
Banking and financial services policy and regulation
Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the ...
Prey Lang protection
Prey lang protection East West Management Institute (EWMI) worked alongside communities since 2007. They began resourcing activities and forest community members across the forest. They supported the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) for several years.Supporting Forests and Biodiversity (SFB) in Cambodia (November 2012 to November 2016) ...
ODC joins the 2018 Cambodia Outlook Conference
“We want Cambodia to be a high-income country by 2050,” PM Hun Sen affirmed the ambitious prospect of Cambodia’s economy at the 2018 Cambodia Outlook Conference which Open Development Cambodia attended. The conference took place on Thursday, 15 March 2018 at the Hotel Sofitel Phnom ...
SDG 5 Gender equality
The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consists of 9 targets (3 targets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms ...
Youth Essay Competition for Open Data Day 2020
Building on the successful experiences of previous years, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is delighted to host the “Open Data Day 2020” in the first week of March. This year, we will focus on the global open data day theme: Open Data for Equal Development. As part ...
Open Development Cambodia
Introducing ODC Director Thy Try
ODC Director Thy TryWe are happy to introduce Thy Try, Open Development Cambodia’s new director as of today. Try has been involved with ODC as a member of the advisory board since 2011. He previously coordinated a project of Development and Partnership in Action (DPA). ...
Terms and definitions
Defining and measuring forests is not an easy business. Definitions that initially sound very similar can turn out to have crucial differences. Understanding the terms is important for understanding forest use, forest cover, forest laws and policies and deforestation. ...
Social land concessions
Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC ...