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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/fish-farming-and-aquaculture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a major economic shock in Cambodia, having a spillover on Cambodian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and small household farmers’ survival and business continuity.16 Digital technologies are crucial during the pandemic, in which the owners of SMEs should focus <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/smes-policy-and-regulation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Starting from 2001, work began on promoting the formation of a Cambodian Stock Exchange (CSE or CSX) as a means of supporting the economic system in Cambodia’s development. a stock exchange facilitates the buying and selling of stocks among investors. Dr. Bit Seanglim, Chairman of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/securities-exchange-stock-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

World Bank Headquarters, 2013: World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. Photo by Simone D. McCourte, World Bank, taken on 16 april 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Funding data on development and assistance to land tenure and titling issues presents an incomplete and conflicting picture. Though various sources exist <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-tenure-and-land-titling-funding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/landmines-uxo-and-demining/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Non-renewable energy sources are chiefly fossil fuels such as coal, diesel, oil and gas. They provide most of Cambodia’s locally-produced electrical supply – in 2011 diesel and heavy fuel oil generators provided 89% of local electricity generation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/non-renewable-energy-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Storms, flooding and drought are the disasters that affect the largest number of people in Cambodia, and they also bring the highest cost. Climate change is likely to make things worse, with drier dry seasons predicted and more rainfall and violent storms in the wet <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/disasters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Counting money. Photo by AAron Gilson, tAken on 5 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.CAmbodiA re-opened for internAtionAl trAde in the 1980s, opened up to foreign investment in 1994, joined ASEAN in 1999, And becAme A member of the WTO in 2004. Its bilAterAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/economy-And-commerce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia is a lower middle-income country with a fast-growing economy that has sustained a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In terms of attractiveness, one of Cambodia’s assets is the relative absence of intense development along its coasts, in comparison with neighboring countries. The 440 kilometer-long coastline includes a large area of non-urbanized zones, where locals can make their livelihoods from coastal resources. Cambodia’s coastline <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/marine-and-coastal-areas/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) was established through the Law on the organization and conduct of the National Bank of Cambodia in 1996.321 NBC is the nation’s central bank, whose mission is to determine and direct the monetary policy in order to maintain price <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/national-bank-of-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As A fAst-developing nAtion, CAmbodiA hAs AlwAys found poverty one of its mAin chAllenges. The RectAngulAr StrAtegy stAtes thAt erAdicAting poverty hAs long been one of the RoyAl Government of CAmbodiA’s (RGC’s) highest priorities.357 Since the country’s first mAjor post-civil wAr election in 1993, CAmbodiA <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/poverty-policy-And-regulAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/europeAn-union-Aid/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

According to the Kingdom of CAmbodiA’s 2019 generAl populAtion census, the totAl CAmbodiAn populAtion is 15,552,211 (51.31% of femAles).485 By 2021, the populAtion increAsed to 16,589,023.486 VietnAmese, Chinese, ChAms And other minorities Also live in the country. Indigenous ethnic groups known As “Khmer Loeu” live <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/ethnic-minorities-And-indigenous-people/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia recognizes the important role of science and technology in the 21st century and aims to transform and integrate technology into its human resources through the education sector. Various policies and strategies are implemented to achieve the goal such as Policy guidelines for New Generation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/science-and-technology-education-and-promotion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Rights to private land ownership were guaranteed in the 1993 Constitution and formally established by the 2001 Land Law. Despite an established legal framework to protect private property rights, those rights are often insecure for many. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/private-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Although there Are often new discoveries,583 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.584 BotAnicAl knowledge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/topics/plAnts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

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. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministries-and-national-bodies/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

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 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Renewable sources of energy include biofuels, solar, wind, tidal and geothermal energy. Fossil fuels such as petroleum or coal are not renewable. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/renewable-energy-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>