Small and medium enterprises SME
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, SS='cambodia-color'>...
Poverty policy and regulation
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.1 since the country’s first major post-civil war election in 1993, Cambodia ss='cambodia-color'>...
Forests and forestry
Cambodia’s forests have seen a significant reduction of total forest and dense forest cover in recent years, the growth of plantations, particularly rubber, and an ongoing problem with illegal logging. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Civil society
The launch event of a project improving the delivery of public services through ICT in svay Rieng province, Cambodia. Photo by the ODC team, taken on 28 June 2017. Licensed under a CC BY-sA 4.0.Civil society, representing the interests of ordinary citizens, is the part of ss='cambodia-color'>...
Investment
Cambodia restructured its economy after many years of protracted war and instability. The economy grew strongly following the country’s transition to a free-market economy as it opened to trade and capital flows. Growth was supported by the flow of development assistance, access to the European ss='cambodia-color'>...
Gold
Although there is currently no commercial-scale production of gold carried out in Cambodia, exploration by many companies is underway, with some promising find reported. subject to government approval, commercial production could begin in 2016 or 2017. Gold is found in a number of ss='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 13 Climate action
SDG 13 iS aimed at taking urgent action to combat climate change impactS by developing the capacity of each country to mitigate climate riSkS and work towardS adaptation. LeaSt developed nationS, landlocked countrieS and Small iSland StateS are recogniSed aS eSpecially in need of Support SS='cambodia-color'>...
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966 which headquarter is in Manila and currently has 68 members under its institution. The ADB aims to assist members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and investments to promote socio-economic development.241 The ADB has ss='cambodia-color'>...
Industrial mining
There is no large industrial-scale extraction of minerals carried out in Cambodia yet, but many exploration licenses have been granted and some mining companies have reported promising finds of minerals such as gold. Today companies from China, Korea, Vietnam, Australia and elsewhere are exploring for ss='cambodia-color'>...
Protected forest
Protected Forests are generally established under individual sub-decrees, specifically for the purpose of protecting biodiversity and conservation. They are home to many endangered or threatened species. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Disasters
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 SS='cambodia-color'>...
Biofuel crops
Biofuel crops have a significant potential for contributing to future energy requirements worldwide. Agricultural lands offer energy farming as an alternative to their usual role of food production. Biofuel crops are an environmentally valuable means of sustainable energy production.329 The demand for transport fuels in 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'>...
Labor policy and administration
Children working with bricks, Cambodia. Photo by sodanie Chea, take on 6 June 2013. Licensed under CC BY 2.0Cambodia has a total population of slightly over 15 million, most of whom are under the age of 30. An estimated 250,000 people enter the job market ss='cambodia-color'>...
Water pollution
Young child drinks clean water in Cambodia. Photo by Cecilia snyder, taken on 12 July 2003. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Water pollution can be defined in many different ways. Basically, it is the contamination of water when pollutants are discharged into water bodies without treatment 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'>...
Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security
USAID&rSquo;S HarveSt program iS helping Cambodia&rSquo;S farmerS. Photo by USAID, taken on 09 December 2013. Under the licenSe CC BY-ND 2.0.The country haS achieved remarkable SuStainable growth, however, poverty and food Security remain the challengeS. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) haS acknowledged that to SS='cambodia-color'>...
Private non-profit development assistance
Maina Kiai speaking with journalists outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh. Photo by Maina Kiai, taken on 6 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY 2.0The first humanitarian international non-governmental organizations arrived in 1989. After the 1993 election, more and more internal organizations ss='cambodia-color'>...
Private land
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. ss='cambodia-color'>...
Environmental and biodiversity protection
Cambodia is one of the most biodiverse countries in southeast Asia. Biodiversity supports Cambodians ecologically, economically and culturally. It plays an important role in providing ecosystem services and economic development to achieve the Cambodian Millennium Development Goals including poverty reduction. ss='cambodia-color'>...
