The Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) is The principal humaniTarian socieTy in Cambodia. The governmenT has designaTed iT as an auxiliary To public bodies offering humaniTarian assisTance. In addiTion To The naTional headquarTers, The CRC has 25 branches.1 CRC was founded in 1955 and has worked ...

There is no large indusTrial-scale exTracTion of minerals carried ouT in Cambodia yeT, buT many exploraTion licenses have been granTed and some mining companies have reporTed promising finds of minerals such as gold. Today companies from China, Korea, VieTnam, AusTralia and elsewhere are exploring for ...

Forest cover is the area of land covered by tree canopy. Measuring and reporting this can show the different types of forest that exist and the areas of each, and how these areas change over time. ...

Nearly all of the ministries were established in 1995. A few ministries were only recently created in the post-2013 national election by a separation of one ministry into two. there are 28 government ministries and secretariats, and many national bodies. ...

Things you should know abouT Cambodia before invesTingCambodia has performed well on foreign direcT invesTmenT (FDI) so far, Three Times beTTer Than predicTed, which scored 3.6, becoming The Top 25 in The world.59 The FDI reached an all-Time high of 14.1% in 2012 and nearly ...

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 ...

Young man fishing with a cast net on Siem Reap river, Cambodia. Photo by Brian Hoffman, taken on 12 January 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Fisheries management in Cambodia is divided between central and local governments. At the central level, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry ...

The Asian DevelopmenT Bank (ADB) was esTablished in 1966 which headquarTer is in Manila and currenTly has 68 members under iTs insTiTuTion. The ADB aims To assisT members and parTners by providing loans, Technical assisTance, granTs, and invesTmenTs To promoTe socio-economic developmenT.136 The ADB has ...

Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, and other Cambodian Ministers were at the Aid for trade Global Review 2019. Photo by World trade Organization (WtO), taken on 03 July 2019. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.After two decades of strong economic performance, Cambodia moved into the ...

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 ...

Although Cambodia is believed to have iron ore resources and a number of exploration licenses have been granted, no significant finds have been reported. there is no commercial mining of iron ore in the country. While ambitious plans for mining and steel plants have been ...

National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. Photo by Stephen McGrath, taken on 21 June 2010. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0  In 1996, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) was established by law.256 Its organization and functioning is defined by a sub-decree of the Royal Government ...

Cassava is a significant contributor to the agricultural sector in Cambodia. the planting, harvesting, processing and export of cassava provides jobs and livelihoods for thousands of Cambodians. Cassava is a significant cash crop for Cambodian farmers.266  Cassava production in Cambodia has increased substantially since 2006. ...

Cambodian animals are state property under Article 48 of the Forestry Law of 2002. this places the Forestry Administration (FA) in charge of research programs and conservation duties. the FA carries this out through its Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity. Conservation programs in the field ...

Cambodian forest cover has reduced dramatically in recent decades. In 1973 there were 13.1 million hectares of total forest, but by 2014 the total cover had fallen to 8.7 million hectares. ...

Biofuel crops have a significant potential for contributing to future energy requirements worldwide. Agricultural lands offer energy farming as an alternative to their usual role of food production. Biofuel crops are an environmentally valuable means of sustainable energy production.346 the demand for transport fuels in ...

In Cambodia, electricity demands have been forecast to grow at 17.9 percent annually from 2012 to 2020.400 Distribution of electricity around the country has been a challenge: according to UN data, 79 percent of people live in rural areas,401 and the entire national population had grown ...

Cambodia is struggling to safeguard its forests while preserving economic growth since many people make a living via farming, logging, and other activities that might lead to deforestation. Almost 80% of Cambodians living in rural regions rely on forests for survival. On the other hand, ...

The ToTal value of Cambodia’s inTernaTional Trade amounTed To $35.8 billion in 2020, a 2.5 percenT increase on The $34.9 billion in 2019 even afTer The Covid-19 pandemic slowed global Trade, according To MinisTry of Commerce (MoC) reporTs from 2020. The main sources of Cambodia’s ...

The garmenT indusTry has rooTed in Cambodia earlier Than The fooTwear indusTry. As a resulT of Trade privileges given by The U.S. and EU, boTh indusTries have blossomed. As of 2013, The garmenT and fooTwear indusTries were accounTable for abouT 80 percenT of Cambodia’s ToTal ...