Cambodia’s garment exports exceeded US$1 billion during the first quarter of 2012, yet many factories are failing to pay workers proper maternity leave benefits or address issues of fainting, a labour report says. The International Labour Or­ganization-Better Factories Cam­bodia’s Twenty Eighth Syn­­­thesis Report on Working Conditions href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/factories-still-skimping-ilo/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

TIC Executive Director Kol PreapTransparency International Cambodia (TIC) Conducted a sample-base observation of the July 28th election and vote count. In this observation, TIC deployed a total of 906 TIC observers to a representative sample of 407 polling stations across 24 provinces and municipalities. Here href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/disenfranchisement-at-polls-as-citizens-unable-to-vote-and-illegal-voting-allowed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has recently updated an exiting topic page on “Environment and natural resources policy and administration“. With the content updating, the public now can access to the most up to date information in the current context and legal documents, downloadable datasets, news href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-updates-a-topic-page-on-environment-and-natural-resources-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In a rare admission, the Asian Development Bank has surprisingly acknowledged its own shortcomings following a controversial railway rehabilitation project in Cambodia that sparked complaints from thousands of displaced local residents affected by forced resettlements, insufficient compensations and neglect of their human rights. The concerns were confirmed by the Compliance href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-admits-mistakes-over-controversial-railway-project-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

On 27 July 2020, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (“ADHOC”) and the Solidarity Center (“SC”) announced the release of the Fourth Annual Report of the Cambodia Fundamental Freedoms Monitor, produced by the Fundamental Freedoms Monitoring Project href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/joint-press-release-cchr-adhoc-and-solidarity-center-published-the-fourth-annual-report-of-the-cambodia-fundamental-freedoms-monitor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “Development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security”. This bilingual topic page gives a quick overview of development and assistance for poverty reduction and food security in Cambodia, together with the related contents such href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-development-and-assistance-for-poverty-reduction-and-food-security/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open​ Development​ Cambodia​ (ODC)​ publishes​ a​ new​ topic​ page​ on​ “Science and technology education and promotion”. This​ bilingual​ topic​ page​ gives​ a​ quick​ overview​ of Science and technology education and promotion in Cambodia, together​ with​​ related​ content​ such​ as​ Primary and Secondary Level, New Generation href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/open-development-cambodia-publishes-a-new-topic-page-on-science-and-technology-education-and-promotion/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The International Labor Organization says a new National Employment Policy will improve the country’s economy for the young generation.The policy, drafted with the help of Sweden, aims to increase “decent and productive” employment opportunities, enhance skills and human resources development, and strengthen labor market governance, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-initiates-first-ever-employment-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource detailing Cambodia’s fisheries conservation areas in both Khmer and English. Together with the website’s map explorer tool, the profile page aims to provide the up-to-date information on the country’s “community fishery, fish sanctuary, and flooded href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/updates/odc-publishes-fisheries-conservation-areas-profile-page/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) planned to invest US$235 million in two Cambodian mega projects, one of which was the modernisation of a TV station that one analyst said might not be necessary given the country’s level of development. During a meeting with Prime Minister href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-exim-bank-to-put-235m-in-steel-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The vast majority of Cambodians – 81 per cent – believe the Kingdom is headed in the right direction, according to an International Republican Institute survey on democratic governance released yesterday. Key reasons respondents gave for their upbeat assessment included the building of more roads, bridges, health clinics href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/iri-survey-finds-cambodian-majority-optimistic-over-future/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chinese President Hu Jintao asked close economically Cambodia on Saturday not to push talks on the vexed issue of the South China Sea “too fast” as he pledged to double bilateral trade to $5 billion and announced fresh aid to the impoverished country. Cambodia holds the href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hu-wants-cambodia-help-on-china-sea-dispute-pledges-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia’s tourism sector has emerged from a “mystery disease” scare unscathed, industry insiders said yesterday, although some regional health authorities noted what the World Health Organisation called an outbreak of Enterovirus-71 (EV-71), which has killed at least 52 children in the Kingdom. “The disease has only href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tourism-not-hurt-by-outbreak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Families forced to move by the rehabilitation of the Phnom Penh stretch of the national railway petitioned the Asian Development Bank yesterday for help with their livelihoods. About 50 people gathered outside the ADB’s office to submit a petition representing more than 160 families relocated to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/railway-evictees-seek-adb-aid/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The government has granted private companies the right to develop about 65,000 hectares of land in wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and on public reserves since January 1, data from a human rights group reveals. Ouch Leng, land reform project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-year-ringing-in-myriad-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The temples of Angkor in Cambodia are known for their lost-world feel, thanks in part to trees and vegetation that have colonized the structures. While giant roots and trunks pouring over ancient blocks and carvings look cool, the trees are actually a destructive force acting on href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/when-trees-are-cut-down-angkors-temples-begin-to-crumble/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A Cambodian maid in Malaysia has committed suicide, another was allegedly raped by her employer and a third tortured, according to rights groups and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is investigating the cases. An 18-year-girl is being sheltered at the Cambodian embassy after she was href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-cambodian-maid-abuse-revelations/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/industrial-mining-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/development-and-assistance-for-land-tenure-and-land-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consists of 9 targets (3 targets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-5-gender-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...