Agriculture and fishing
Population depends on agriculture 2014 : 73%(Source: The World Bank)Total rice production 2009 – 2012: 7.58 – 9.29 million tons(Source: NSDP, 2014-2081)Total fish catchment 2013: 718,000 tonnes* 73% fresh water* 14% the sea(Source: The Phnom Penh Post, 2014) Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-and-fishing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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Sectoral consultation workshop on the foreign investment data and information in Cambodia
On 20 December 2022, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) once again hosted a Sectoral Consultation Workshop on the Foreign Investment Data and Information in Cambodia at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh. Fifteen participants (03 females), including representatives from civil society organizations and researchers actively working at all href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/sectoral-consultation-workshop-on-the-foreign-investment-data-and-information-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Government
Cambodia is set up as a multi-party democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The King serves as the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the Royal Government of Cambodia. Norodom Sihamoni,1 the King, was crowned in 2004 after the abdication of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.25 Sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-12-responsible-consumption-and-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Too many Cambodian women dying during childbirth
Cambodia has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Southeast Asia. The number of women dying during pregnancy or childbirth has dropped in recent years. But it is still far short of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. The Cambodian government accepted those goals href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/too-many-cambodian-women-dying-during-childbirth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Men Kimseng
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/cambodia-maternal-mortality-rates/2712966.html
Open Development Cambodia has published 2 new topic pages on “SDG 13 Climate action” and "SDG 15 Life on land"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has recently published 2 new topic pages on “SDG 13 Climate action” and “SDG 15 Life on land”, which are two among the 17 goals of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through these two href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-2-new-topic-pages-on-sdg-13-climate-action-and-sdg-15-life-on-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
European Union aid
The EU Ambassador to Cambodia, Carmen Moreno, shook hands with Prime Minister Hun Sen at Peace Palace on December 2, 2019. Photo from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.European Union (EU) has been one of Cambodia’s biggest trading partners and a major development partner since href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/european-union-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Targeted districts of the implementation plan for the social accountability framework (I-SAF)"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of targeted districts of the implementation plan for the social accountability framework (I-SAF) on the interactive map, under the map category of “Government”. This the spatial representation of the districts which have been selected to implement href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-targeted-districts-of-the-implementation-plan-for-the-social-accountability-framework-isaf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "District where WASH project implemented by NGOs"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of district where WASH project implemented by NGOs on the interactive map, under the map category of “Social development”. This dataset shows the 3W (who, what, where) of the NGOs such as Action Against Hunger, World href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-district-where-wash-project-implemented-by-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) information toolkit
RationalIn 2018, the total number of registered Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) was 155,745. More than 90 percent of registered firms in Cambodia are SMEs. However, despite being vital to the socio-economy, 95 percent are not registered yet. By 2025, 80% and 95% of small and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/small-and-medium-enterprises-smes-information-toolkit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 2 Zero hunger
Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) seeks to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”, ensuring universal access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for everyone at all times. Likewise, it provides a much more comprehensive approach to the issue href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-2-zero-hunger/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Press Release on the meeting of Minister Aun Porn Moniroth and Ellen Goldstein
On 18 July 2017, Minister of Economy and Finance, Aun Porn Moniroth, had a meeting with Ellen Goldstein, who has been appointed as Country Director of World Bank for Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR, East Asia and Pacific. The Economy Minister has informed Goldstein of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-the-meeting-of-minister-aun-porn-moniroth-and-ellen-goldstein/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Joint trade commission to foster links with Bangladesh
Bangladesh is rushing to push forward a draft proposal to form a joint trade commission with Cambodia that is expected to be signed this year, an official from Cambodia’s Commerce Ministry said yesterday. Trade between the two developing nations has been minimal, amounting to just href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/joint-trade-commission-to-foster-links-with-bangladesh/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/joint-trade-commission-foster-links-bangladesh
The training workshop on “Accessing to information of public service”
At the end of last month, on September 29th, Open Development Cambodia organized a training workshop to raise awareness on the access to public services information using ICT tools. Being a government body dedicated to improving public service delivery, representatives of the National Committee for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-training-workshop-on-accessing-to-information-of-public-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 10 Reduced inequalities
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”. 122Although the number of people href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg10-reduced-inequalities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Notification to all local microfinance institutions
On 24 July 2017, the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) issued an announcement to inform all microfinance institutions and the public that:Cambodian Microfinance Association promotes the implementation of their Code of Conduct.All MFIs cannot accept identification cards, family books or residential books as collateral for loans.All href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/notification-to-all-local-microfinance-institutions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian Microfinance Association
Consultative workshop on digital educational resources in indigenous languages for primary school students
On 02 March 2023, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) hosted a Consultative Workshop on Digital Educational Resources in Indigenous Languages for Primary School Students in a meaningful and active collaboration with the Special Education Department (SED) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MOEYS) that href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/consultative-workshop-on-digital-educational-resources-in-indigenous-languages-for-primary-school-students/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Press Release on Cambodian Workers in Thailand
On 7 August 2015, the Royal Government of Cambodia released an announcement to inform the public that from 24 July to 7 August 2017, the Ministry of Labor in Thailand has:1). Received letters from 195,627 Thai employers.2). Extracted data from 694,629 illegal migrant workers, of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-cambodian-workers-in-thailand/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Royal Government of Cambodia
Foreign investment in Cambodia
The profile page was published: 12 January 2022What is foreign investment?Foreign investment refers to the investment by a foreign investor, allowing extensive ownership to the investor in domestic companies or assets of another country. It also allows the investor to have an active role in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/foreign-investment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
