Government
Anti-corruption
Hun Sen annuls results of bids for fishing lots
- 28 November 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Anti-corruption / Environment and natural resources / Fishing, fisheries and aquaculture / Government / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
- Anti-Corruption Unit / aquaculture / bidding process / Corruption / fish breeding / Fisheries Action Coalition Team / fishery / Fishing / fishing lots / Mekong river
After discovering that government officials had fixed a bidding process for companies interested in operating fishing lots on the Mekong River, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday annulled the results of the bidding and rescheduled it for next year. Speaking at a plenary session at the ...
World Bank Influence Curbed by ‘New’ Donors
- 2 September 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Anti-corruption / Economy and commerce / Government / Multilateral development assistance / World Bank
- Anti-Corruption Initiative / Anti-Corruption Unit / Azerbaijan / Bangladesh / Cambodia / Chinese aid / donors / Guatemala / human rights groups / Independent Evaluation Groups / Influence / Lending / Liberia / loans / Moldova / Phnom Penh / World Bank
The World Bank is losing influence in Cambodia to “emerging donors” and making no major headway in stemming corruption, the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Groups said in a report released Wednesday. Specifically focused on the World Bank;s 2007 anti-corruption initiative through 2010, the report uses six ...
Donor Forum Put on Hold by Goverment
- 23 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Anti-corruption / Budget / Economy and commerce / Government
- annual budget / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Boeng Kak Lake Area / Cambodia / Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum / Cambodian Government / Center for the Development of Cambodia / Cheam Yeap / Council of Ministers / CPP / development aid / development assistance / development partners / development targets / Donor Forum / draft law / Elena Tischenko / evictions / extractive industries / Finance Minister / financial support / Flynn Fuller / Global economy / government reform / grassroots groups / indigenous people / International Development / Japanese Embassy / Keat Chhon / Land rights / loan freeze / National Assembly’s Economy Finance Banking and Audit Committee / NGOs / public finances / Qimiao Fan / railway project / regulation / reserves / The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness / UN Development Program / US Embassy / World Bank
The government has postponed a top-level meeting with its foreign donors scheduled for November, a move that comes just over a week after a displeased World Bank revealed its decision to freeze all future loans to Cambodia. In an Aug 17 letter to World Bank ...
Pay Off Officials, Risk Prison Stint, New Law Says
- 10 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Anti-corruption / Economy and commerce / Government / Law and judiciary
- ACU / American Chamber of Commerce / Anit-Corruption Law / Anti-Corruption / anti-corruption legislation / Anti-Corruption Unit / Anti-Graft Law / Anti-Graft Laws / ANZ / ANZ Bank / ANZ Royal Bank / Australia's Attorney General's Department / Australian aid / Bribery / Bribery Act / Bribes / British Business Association / British Business Association of Cambodia / business / Business Associations / Business Owners / business representatives / Cambodia / Cambodia Defenders Project / Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Law / CEO of ANZ Royal Bank / CEO of Sterling Project Management / Chamber of Commerce / corporate filings / Corruption / Counicl of Ministers / court / criminal offense / cunstoms / customs clearance rates / customs officials / donor / donor agencies / facilitation fee / facilitation fees / FedEx / Fees / Firms / Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / foreign officials / Gary Sterling / Gary Sterling CEO of Sterling Project Management / Government / government experts / government official / Government officials / illegal payments / Im Oudom / informal transactions / International Business Chamber / investor / Investors / jail / kickbacks / King Norodom Sihamoni / Kirth Chantharith / Kirth Chantharith spokesman for the National Police Commissariat / law / lawyers / legal articles on corruption / legal expert / legal experts / Legislation / National Police Commissariat / new law / New Legislation / officials / payment / payments / Penal Code / Police / police officials / private firms / public official / public officials / Sean McIntosh / Sean McIntosh US Embassy spokesman / Secretariat of the Council of Jurists / Sok Sam Oeun / Sok Sam Oeun executive director of Cambodia Defenders Project / Stephen Higgins / Stephen Higgins CEO of ANZ Royal Bank / Sterling Project Management / The Australian Business Association / The Australian Business Association of Cambodia / undocumented fees / undocumented payments / US Embassy / US Embassy spokesman Sean McIntosh
The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...
Property sector recovery highlighted
Cambodia’s property sector is said to be recovering from the global financial crisis according to experts. There has been a 10 percent increase in the number of transactions since 2009 with foreign investment a key aspect of the growth. The formation of anti-corruption laws has ...
Cambodia on Long Road to Freedom From Corruption, Bank Says
- 21 July 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Anti-corruption / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Government / Multilateral development assistance
- ACU / ADB / Anti-Corruption Unit / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Cambodia / Chheang Vun / Corruption / CPP / Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan / Graft / Hun Sen / Keo Remy / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Yim Sovann
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called corruption a “fundamental concern” for Cambodia even with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) celebrating 10 months since its inauguration. The ADB’s Country Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan which is to be released soon calls for capacity ...
