Higher education
Higher education, in general, refers to education beyond the secondary level. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in Cambodia can be classified into three categories: The Royal Academy, university, and college. Cambodia’s higher education consists of an associate degree, four years of undergraduate education, two years of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/higher-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Patient rights
Access to quality healthcare is fundamental to enhancing citizens’ livelihoods and advancing towards more sustainable growth and development in countries all over the world. Along with increasing public demand for better health infrastructure and adequate access to healthcare services, many countries face the need to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/patient-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Trade policy and regulation
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen 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.International trade plays an essential role in improving Cambodia’s growth, employment and business opportunities. Trade policy href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Cambodia
The first outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in China in late 2019 and on 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).141 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the global economy and the growing crisis href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/profiles/socio-economic-impact-of-covid-19-on-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Plants
Although there are often new discoveries,240 a global lack of up to date data on botanical research makes plants biodiversity hard to assess in Cambodia. Compared to neighboring countries, the number of plant species is low, mostly due to the relative country’s flat landscape.241 Botanical knowledge href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/plants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
The hybrid workshop on the open of extractive industrial and environmental data for a better economy
On December 17, 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organization (CIPO), Cambodia Indigenous Women Association (CIWA), and Cambodia Indigenous People Alliance (CIPA), and other relevant local NGOs, hosted a hybrid workshop on the open of extractive industrial and environmental href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/the-hybrid-workshop-on-the-open-of-extractive-industrial-and-environmental-data-for-a-better-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental impact assessment (EIA): importance and opportunity to engage the local community
The opening of the Cambodian economy in the 1990s and the new Investment Law (2021) encouraged investment in development projects in a range of sectors, including extractive industries, physical infrastructure, agriculture, hydropower, and ecotourism, among others. These sectors are obligated to carry out the Environmental href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/environmental-impact-assessment-eia-importance-and-opportunity-to-engage-the-local-community/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Renewable energy production
Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/renewable-energy-production/ ' class='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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/chinese-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Strategic environmental assessment in Cambodia
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) represents an advanced tool for estimating and evaluating the consequences of specific development plans, programs and policies. In contrast to widely-used environmental impact assessment (EIA) taking place at the end of the decision-making process, SEA is conducted before all major decisions href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/strategic-environmental-assessment-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vocational education
By definition, Vocational education refers to the program that enables people to acquire highly transferable and development skills. It also grants people the necessary technical skill for their desired career.280 Cambodia’s vocational education plays an important role during the country’s economic structural transition and the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/vocational-education/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bar association legal aid services
The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the Association) is a non-governmental institution for Cambodia’s lawyers. In keeping with Article 24 of the United Nations Basic Principle on the Role of Lawyers, the Association represents lawyers’ interests, promotes their continuing education and training, and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/bar-association-legal-aid-services/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Kingdom’s logistics firms see diversity
Logistics firms saw a new level of diversity in Cambodian exports, a trend that would protect the economy from external shock, several shipping companies said. The Kingdom is on the right track to diversify and increase the export of agricultural products, while decreasing its reliance on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-logistics-firms-see-diversity/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia: Police Officers Kill Girl, 15, in Clash With Villagers Over Land
Security forces shot and killed a 15-year-old girl on Wednesday during a clash with about 200 villagers armed with axes and crossbows in eastern Cambodia, in the latest of several violent evictions aimed at clearing land for development. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-police-officers-kill-girl-15-in-clash-with-villagers-over-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodia May Lure Up to 10 IPOs a Year, Korea Bourse Says
Cambodia’s stock market, which is set to open next week after several delays, may be able to lure five-to-10 initial public offerings a year, according to Korea Exchange Inc., the Cambodian government’s partner in the bourse. State-owned Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) will start trading href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-may-lure-up-to-10-ipos-a-year-korea-bourse-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Growth in hotel industry
The hotel industry in Cambodia is growing but still sees room for improvements, industry experts said at the Cambodia Hotel General Managers Summit in Phnom Penh yesterday. In terms of revenue and the number of players, the hotel and restaurant industry has an overall growth rate href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/growth-in-hotel-industry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
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Open Development Cambodia published new dataset of Electricity price and coverage areas in Cambodia
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing on Electricity price and coverage areas in Cambodia in both Khmer and English. Together with the information of electricity licensees, coverage areas and prices.=>Please click here to get in to the dataset page of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-published-new-dataset-of-electricity-price-and-coverage-areas-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia publishes a new topic page on “Forest protection support"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Forest protection support”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Forest protection support in Cambodia.=>Please click here to go to “Forest protection support”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-forest-protection-support/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia updates a new topic page on “Investment policy and regulations”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a topic page on “Investment policy and regulations”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of investment policy and regulations in Cambodia. =>Please click here to go to “Investment policy and regulations”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-new-topic-page-on-investment-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia updates a new topic page on “Poverty policy and regulation”
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) updates a topic page on “Poverty policy and regulation”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of Poverty policy and regulation in Cambodia. =>Please click here to go to “Poverty policy and regulation”. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-new-topic-page-on-poverty-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...