Two daughters look at their mother who is dying from HIV/AIDS, Cambodia. Photo by World Bank, taken in 2002. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Two common features mark Cambodia’s major health concerns:Some health figures are among the worst in the world – the 26 cases of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/priority-health-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/protected-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s extractive industries have traditionally operated on a small scale, mostly mining construction materials, gold or gemstones. While commercial production of minerals or oil has yet to begin on a large scale – these products made up just 0.1% of the country’s exports in 201674 – href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Woman working in the salt fields in Kampot. Photo by douglasjonesjr, taken on 28 March 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.Salt is produced in Kampot and Kep provinces, where seawater is allowed into salt evaporation ponds  As the water evaporates, salt crystals are left behind href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/salt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In October 2013, ODC and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs established a collaborative partnership to aggregate data and describe trends regarding Cambodia’s donors and development assistance. This partnership is tied to SIPA’s Workshop in Development Practice, a course for second-year, Master’s degree href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/about/partnerships/columbia-sipa/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia is one of the countries most affected by land mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of its tumultuous history. The country is working with a variety of partners to demine the country by 2019. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/landmines-uxo-and-demining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Try Bunheng, Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE)IT And Website Intern, July – October 2024Bunheng is an Information Technology student at the Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), driven by a passion for technology and innovation. Currently interning as an IT and Website Intern href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/about/odc-team/interns-and-volunteers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) seeks to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”, ensuring extreme poverty is eradicated and overall poverty is reduced by 50%.This goal provides a much more comprehensive approach than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the issue of poverty. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-1-no-poverty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

We were initially introduced to the International Fundraising Congress (IFC) 2023 through one of Open Development Cambodia’s respected board members, who has a close affiliation with a speaker at the event. Described as the distinguished gathering for fundraising professionals, we promptly secured our registration for href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/our-experience-at-the-international-fundraising-congress-2023-in-the-netherlands/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In the World Risk Index for 2020, Cambodia was ranked as the 16th most vulnerable country in the world out of 181 countries listed.143 Global climate changes and ongoing disasters such as storms, floods and droughts are big challenges partly because of a lack of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disaster-preparedness-and-emergency-response-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Deforestation has been one of the most significant changes the Cambodian landscape has undergone in recent decades. Key drivers of this process have been land concessions and subsequent land conversion, and large-scale illegal logging. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/deforestation-drivers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Industries in Cambodia (excluding extractive industries and mining) are mostly within the garment, light manufacturing, agricultural, construction and tourism sectors. The Royal Government of Cambodia has set directions to transform Cambodia into a middle-income economy by 2030 and high-income country by 2050, as mandated in href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Arbitration Council in session, Cambodia. Photo by ILO (Asia and the Pacific), took on 8 June 2012. Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 GenericThe Arbitration Council was established by the 1997 Labor Law. However, the Arbitration Council just opened its doors to serve employers, employees, workers and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/labor-arbitration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of target areas to be implemented in 2020​ under MoU between NCDDS and Family Health International (FHI360) on the implementation of Social Accountability for Sub-National Democratic Development on the interactive map, under the map category href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-has-published-a-new-map-layer-and-dataset-of-targeted-municipalities-for-the-implementation-of-the-innovation-for-social-accountability-in-cambodia-isac-in-2020/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

គណបក្ស ប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា គណបក្ស សញ្ជាតិកម្ពុជា គណបក្ស សម្ព័ន្ធដើម្បីប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ គណបក្ស ហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិច គណបក្ស សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ គណបក្ស​ សង្គ្រោះជាតិ គណបក្ស ខ្មែរឈប់ក្រ គណបក្ស ខ្មែរអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-candidate-lists-by-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Small and medium enterprises (SME) have long been considered a vital driver to economic growth for developing economies. SMEs stimulate job creation throughout the country. Migration of employment to neighboring countries and the unemployment rate has significantly decreased due to a rising number of SMEs, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/small-and-medium-enterprises-sme/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 14, 15,16 and 17 of June 2021, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) conducted a four-day training under the topic of “Data Literacy Training on Social Accountability”. Due to the pandemic outbreak, the half-day training was conducted virtually via Zoom video conferencing platform and was joined href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/virtual-data-literacy-training-on-social-accountability/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On Monday, October 21st, Open Development Cambodia opened its doors to a group of wonderful supporters here in Phnom Penh. During the open house Terry Parnell welcomed guests to the space, Thy Try introduced himself as ODC Director, and Chunly Serey Vicheth and Chan Penhleak led href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/celebrating-the-october-2013-odc-open-house/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In September 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This contained 17 items that have become known as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), intended to drive action in critically important areas to the year 2030. These goals have href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sustainable-development-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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).283 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'>...