Garments and textiles
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 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Population and censuses
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 ss='cambodia-color'>...
Wild capture commercial fishing and natural fisheries
The fishes on Tonle sap Lake, Cambodia. Photo by llee Wu, taken on 10 september 2010. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0The 2006 Fisheries Law classifies fishing activity into three broad categories: family or subsistence, small-scale and commercial.Commercial fishing is allowed only in the open season ss='cambodia-color'>...
Electricity infrastructure
Rural energy cooperative in Cambodia. Photo by Nomade Moderne, taken on 23 March 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The electricity distributed in Cambodia is partly generated within the country and partly imported. For many years, local generation was on a relatively small scale, and was ss='cambodia-color'>...
Fish farming and aquaculture
Fish farmers operating cage culture, Cambodia. Photo by O. Joffre/WorldFish, taken on 3 October 2009. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Aquaculture production has grown significantly. In 2012 it stood at 74,000 tonnes, or almost 11 percent of total fishery production. By 2016 it had grown to ss='cambodia-color'>...
National government
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the 1993 Constitution, although he is the head of state, the king has very limited powers compared to the prime minister, the head of the government. Unlike the 1947 Constitution, power does not come from the king but ss='cambodia-color'>...
National Bank of Cambodia
The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) was established through the Law on the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia in 1996.75 NBC is the nation’s central bank, whose mission is to determine and direct the monetary policy in order to maintain price ss='cambodia-color'>...
Protected areas
As Cambodia emerged from years of conflict, pressures grew on natural resources and sensitive areas. In response, a number of protected areas were created by royal decree in 1993 to protect ecologically and culturally important places. More detailed guidelines on managing the country’s protected areas ss='cambodia-color'>...
Japanese aid
Japanese military members observe as Cambodian sailors attach a neck brace to a patient during a Pacific Partnership knowledge exchange in sihanoukville, Cambodia. Photo by U.s. Pacific Fleet, taken on 21 June 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0Japan, through its official development branch called Japan ss='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
National Bank of Cambodia, Cambodia. Photo by Stephen McGrath, taken on 21 June 2010. LicenSed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 &nbSp;In 1996, the MiniStry of Economy and Finance (MEF) waS eStabliShed by law.133 ItS organization and functioning iS defined by a Sub-decree of the Royal Government SS='cambodia-color'>...
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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Fisheries production
Local workers loading fresh catch to be transported to the city market at Chhnoc Trou pier, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia. Photo by sylyvann Borei/World Fish, taken on 7 April 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has abundant and productive fisheries. Fish is a traditional staple in the Cambodian ss='cambodia-color'>...
Chinese aid
Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-sA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ss='cambodia-color'>...
Multilateral development assistance
Mr Il Oeur, director of Analysing Development Issues Centre (ADIC), a domestic NGO and WorldFish partner in Cambodia, leads a local dialogue session. Photo by WorldFish, taken on 27 June 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Multilateral aid is funding that is funneled between more than ss='cambodia-color'>...
United States aid
The United StateS of America (the US) iS one of the biggeSt donorS to Cambodia.197 198 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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Land
Aerial view of Cambodia paddy rice field. Photo by Sai Kwong, taken on 23 October 2010. LicenSed under CC BY-NC 2.0.Land lieS at the center of debateS about Cambodia&rSquo;S Socioeconomic development. For farmerS in the fertile lowlandS, private land ownerShip rightS have enabled recovery of SS='cambodia-color'>...
Solid waste
Trash collection in siem Reap province, Cambodia. Photo taken by David Villa, taken on 12 January 2008. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 DEED.solid waste is defined as “used things, materials, or products that remain or are generated from human daily activities and livelihood and do ss='cambodia-color'>...
Primary and secondary education
Article 68 of Cambodia’s Constitution states that the Government shall provide free primary and secondary education for all citizens and each individual shall pursue basic education for at least 9 years. Education is a fundamental engine of social and economic development for a country, especially ss='cambodia-color'>...
Adaptation
UN’s Bali Climate Change Conference. Photo by Oxfam International, taken on 4 December 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Climate change is a continuing problem. In southeast Asia, Cambodia is one of the countries that is most affected and underprepared. As it is a developing country, ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forest cover reporting
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
