Anti-corruption
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Anti-Corruption Unit, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 9 January 2014. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0In the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International, released in January 2017, Cambodia ranked 156th out of 176 countries.1 Cambodia has the lowest score of all ...
Investment
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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 ...
National Election 2013
August 26, 2013 – Constitutional Council ordered NEC to unseal voting records in a number of polling stations in Battambong province– CNRP held protest rally in Phnom Penh August 25, 2013 – NEC opened Safety Package A of 13 polling stations in Kratie province to examine ballots– CNRP ...
Land and natural resource governance
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) unDer the Civil Society Support Activity: Cluster Anchor Grants funDed by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through Family Health International (FHI 360) supported indigenous peoples to participate in the Conference on Land and Natural Resource Governance which was organized ...
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"
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 ...
Civil status
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Cambodia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in Southeast Asia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.54 According to the World Bank, the country’s birth rate per 1,000 people decreased slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.55 With economic growth ...
Energy
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Cambodia has undergone rapid economic development in recent decades, with GDP per capita tripled between 1999 and 2013. However, mainly due to three decades of war and political turmoil which severely damaged the country’s infrastructure, the country still lacks the means required for energy sector ...
Commune/Sangkat administration
Civil StatusCambodia has one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in Southeast Asia, with a population of approximately 16 million in 2019.70 According to the World Bank, the country’s birth rate per 1,000 people decreased slightly, from 25.5 in 2010 to 22.4 in 2018.71 With economic ...
Response to COVID-19: Cambodia's economic policy and administration
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The emergence and spread of COVID-19 have brought significant economic pressure on nations around the globe. The pressures on Cambodia are evident in multiple aspects of the country’s economy. The country’s administration has halted certain operations within its economy since confirming its first case in ...
SDG 5 Gender equality
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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 ...
SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
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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 ...
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2020: Saving lives, building trust, bringing hope!
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Under the slogan “Access to Information – Saving Lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope”, this year’s International Day for Universal Access to Information on 28 September highlights the importance of this right in times of crisis. 2020 marks the sixth year the day has been marked ...
Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC)
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC) is pleased to announce that we will take part in the implementation of the Innovations for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) project after receiving a 5-year cooperative agreement as an ISAC sub-awarDee. ISAC is a five-year (2019-2024) project funDed by the ...
Parliament
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Upon the reinstatement of the second monarchy in 1993, Cambodian citizens are the master of their destiny and sources of all power. With the introduction of the liberal democracy in the Kingdom, all Cambodians at their 18 years or over, except where it is prescribed ...
Copper
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Copper exploration is concentrated in Preah Vihear province in the northern part of Cambodia. The most active explorer is Australian-based Geopacific Resources, in collaboration with Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group. Geopacific Resources is working with Cambodian-based Royal Group at Kou Sa, a 158 km2 ...
Workshop on promoting the ODC website and its usefulness among the community fisheries in Kep and Kampot province
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On 21 January 2022, ODC collaborated with the Children and Women Development Center in Cambodia (CWDCC) and conducted a training workshop on access to the data and information on the Open Development Cambodia website to the community fisheries from Kep and Kampot province. The training was funDed ...
ODC hosted a training program on “Data Literacy for Journalists” for Cambodian journalists
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Open Development Cambodia (ODC), in collaboration with Internews, organized a training program on “Data Literacy for Journalists” that brought together 11 journalists, of whom 2 are female, from Cambodia’s capital and provinces. The training program is part of the Innovation for Social Accountability (ISAC) project ...
Forest cover (1973-2014)
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N.B. After receiving feedback from Forestry Administration and other organizations, ODC has updated the data on this page and included forest cover 2014, adopting the methodology outlined in the notes that you can read here. Please contact us if you have any questions about these ...
SDG 2 Zero hunger
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Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG 2) seeks to “end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”, ensuring universal access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food for everyone at all times. Likewise, it proviDes a much more comprehensive approach to the issue ...
SDG 3 Good health and well-being
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Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.244 The goal encompasses a wiDe range of mortality rates, infection numbers for many diseases, tobacco use, suiciDe rates, road Deaths, and access to essential health services ...