Construction of a laboratory funded by Chinese money. Photo by Michael Coghlan, taken on 10 January 2014. Licensed under CC-BY-sA 2.0China, while once being at odds with the current government, is now Cambodia’s largest development partner. The two nations have grown increasingly close in recent ss='cambodia-color'>...

Heavy trucks on a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo by Phalinn Ool, taken on June 15 2015. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0The Cambodian government’s 2014–18 Revenue Mobilization strategy aimed to enhance revenue administration and strongly increase the collection of taxes and other revenue. The ss='cambodia-color'>...

As Cambodia emerged from years of conflict, pressures grew on natural resources and sensitive areas. In response, a number of protected areas were created by royal decree in 1993 to protect ecologically and culturally important places. More detailed guidelines on managing the country’s protected areas ss='cambodia-color'>...

For most of the 21st century, Cambodia has enjoyed significant economic expansion, moving from a period of political turmoil to emerge as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Cambodia achieved lower-middle-income status in 2015, largely as a result of free-market reforms, the introduction ss='cambodia-color'>...

Agriculture in Cambodia accounts for approximately 56% of the labour force. The size of the sector means that policies developed here have a significant impact on the whole country. Agricultural policy and administration is managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF). There ss='cambodia-color'>...

Firewood and charcoal are the main sources of energy for households and many small and medium enterprises, such as brick and tile industries. The cooking fuels used in Cambodia have changed greatly in the last decade. The National Census 2008 showed that 91 percent of ss='cambodia-color'>...

Greg Bem and Penhleak ChanOn September 25-26, ODC repreSentativeS Penhleak Chan and Greg Bem attended TechCamp Phnom Penh at the Royal UniverSity of Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center. Part think tank and part networking party, TechCamp brought mindS from all SectorS to work together and SS='cambodia-color'>...

Logging truck in Mondulkiri protected forest , Cambodia. Photo by Global Water Forum, taken on 23 February 2014. Licensed under CC BY-NC-sA 2.0Cambodia is deeply concerned about deforestation. While the country seeks fast economic development, forests represent a tremendous national treasure. In order to help ss='cambodia-color'>...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on​ “sDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure”, which is one of the 17 goals of the UN sustainable Development Goals (sDGs), in both Khmer and English languages. Through ODC’s new topic pages on sDG 9, you ss='cambodia-color'>...

According to the [inter]national Monetary Fund (IMF), at the end of 2011, the stock of Cambodia’s external public debt, including arrears, stood at around Us 3.8 billion or 30 percent of GDP (24 percent in NPV terms). China remains the largest bilateral creditor, contributing to ss='cambodia-color'>...

Debt levels among the more than 1,000 families being evicted by a $142.6 million railway project bankrolled by Australia and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) have reached “crisis” proportions and require major intervention, according to a U.s resettlement expert who was hired by the ADB ss='cambodia-color'>...

CPP lawmaker and de facto party spokesman Cheam Yeap said yesterday it was now “too late” to form an independent committee to investigate alleged irregularities during last month’s national election and that the opposition CNRP needs to be “more flexible” in its relationship with the ss='cambodia-color'>...

During an epic speech on Wednesday that lasted for more than six-and-a-half hours, Prime Minister Hun sen told his newly approved Cabinet that they would be subject to increased public scrutiny as part of a series of reforms to be undertaken by the CPP over ss='cambodia-color'>...

The prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS infectionS in Cambodia haS declined to 0.7 percent in 2013, down from 0.8 percent two yearS ago, a Senior government official Said Sunday. “According to Scientific eStimation, in 2013, HIV carrier rate among adultS aged between 15 and 49 yearS iS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The Global Fund has threatened to suspend or reduce health grants to Cambodia totalling more than $100 million if the Ministry of Health, the National Center for HIV/AIDs, Dermatology and sTD (NCHADs) and NGO umbrella group MEDiCAM fail to meet a 30-day deadline to return ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday questioned two businessmen over allegations of fraud and using forged public documents, including claims they faked a signature from Prime Minister Hun sen in a mining transaction, court and police officials said. Deputy prosecutor Var sakada said Cambodian Al ss='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers have accused a CPP commune chief in Ratanakkiri province of threatening four ethnic minority Tampoun men after they filed a complaint against him for allegedly selling off community land to a local businessman. Rocham Norng, a Tampoun villager in Bakeo district, has alleged that soeung ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Phnom Penh municipal government will today issue announcements to two property developers ordering them to partially demolish buildings near the Royal Palace in order to reduce their height to comply with the original planning agreements, an official said. The two buildings—one owned by Vattanac Properties ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday publicly opened 12 official polling records from siem Reap province, but seven of them had been either torn or improperly sealed, sparking fresh concerns from the opposition CNRP that they had been tampered with. The unsealed packages—known as “safety ss='cambodia-color'>...

A group of 12 ethnic minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province have filed a complaint with the provincial court over what they claim is collusion between other villagers and local authorities to illegally log luxury timber from 193 hectares of land inside a community forest. The Prov ss='cambodia-color'>...