Minerals from Halpern Mineral Collection, San Francisco, Photo by eric Hunt taken on October 21 2006. License under: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Many of Cambodia’s mineral resources are undeveloped, with most production concentrating on construction materials such as crushed stone, sand, gravel and limestone.1There is currently no ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/mineral-and-mineral-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Garment workers waiting in line to get food. Photo by International Labour Organisation, taken on 14 July 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Cambodia has the highest labor force participation rate in the Southeast Asia/Pacific region, with 82.7 percent of the working population aged 16-64 employed ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/labor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Chi Phat primary school, Koh Kong Province. Photo by ODC team, taken on 28 November 2017. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.Access to free, good quality education in Cambodia is a right set out in the country’s Constitution: Article 65: “The State shall protect and promote citizens’ ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/education-and-training/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

In October 2020, tropical storms LINFA and NANGKA struck Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The storms resulted in at least 48 fatalities, 15 missing people and more than 830,400 affected citizens, as reported by the ASeAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (the ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/floods/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia has a large number of United Nations agencies, international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in humanitarian, rehabilitation, and development initiatives as well as disaster risk reduction and disaster management.Under the Law on Disaster Management (2015), Article 32, if the National Committee for Disaster ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/non-governmental-preparedness-and-response-agencies/ ' 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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/development-and-assistance-for-land-tenure-and-land-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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 ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/commercial-fishing-and-natural-fisheries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Sustainable Development Goal 6 has 8 targets and 11 indicators, which will be used to drive action towards achieving universal access to safely managed water and sanitation and appropriate management of water resources.230 SDG 6 recognizes that sustainably managing water goes beyond providing a safe water ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodian forest cover has reduced dramatically in recent decades. In 1973 there were 13.1 million hectares of total forest, but by 2014 the total cover had fallen to 8.7 million hectares. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-cover/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

EnvironmEntal protEction and consErvation arE givEn high priority in thE Royal GovErnmEnt of Cambodia’s guiding stratEgy, thE REctangular StratEgy PhasE III (2014–2018). Ef='https://opEndEvElopmEntcambodia.nEt/topics/ovErviEw-of-policy-and-lEgal-framEwork/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

A trained medical staff listens to the heartbeat of an infant at 16 Makara hospital in Preah Vihear, Cambodia. Photo by The World Bank, taken on 30 January 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Social development addresses profound social problems,280 especially poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/social-development/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

The rapid economic and population growth in Cambodia is leading to significant environmental pollution. The economic development activities have generated major environmental consequences, including air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution and solid wastes. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/pollution-and-waste/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Photo taken from the ministry’s Facebook Page, taken on 23 August 2023.establishmentUnder Royal Decree No. NS/RKM/0196/10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) was formally established on 24 January 1996. The ministry has a total of ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

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

Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. As the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/land-tenure-and-titling/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Overview of​ an industrial gold mine and refinery in Okvau. Photo taken from the Ministry of Mines and energy’s Facebook Page, taken on 11 June 2021.Mineral resources are defined as “any substance, whether in solid, liquid or gaseous form, naturally originated by a geological process ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries-licensing-and-payments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Phum Doung Bridge over the Tatai River. Photo by Robert Tyabji, taken on  9 December 2010. Licensed under  CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Bilateral aid is assistance given by a government directly to the government of another country or to a local NGO. The Royal Government of Cambodia ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/bilateral-development-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Although Cambodia is believed to have iron ore resources and a number of exploration licenses have been granted, no significant finds have been reported. There is no commercial mining of iron ore in the country. While ambitious plans for mining and steel plants have been ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/iron-and-steel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

SDG 17 – “Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development” – is about bringing governments, civil society, the private sector and other actors together to help achieve the 2030 Agenda. There are 19 global targets and 25 indicators. The targets ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-17-partnerships-for-the-goals/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...

Many varieties of gemstone are found in Cambodia, with rubies and sapphires being the most valuable. Diamonds and emeralds are not found here. There is no large-scale commercial mining of gems. Stones are recovered by individuals or small family or community groups. ef='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/gemstones/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...