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Scepticism over government statistics

21 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
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Getting reliable statistical data remains a challenge for Cambodia’s government, as a lack of cooporation among the ministries and corruption still distort what is reality. Industry insiders say this is a problem, especially as reliable data are the base of reference when the Association of Southeast ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165728/Business/scepticism-over-government-statistics.html

Cambodia begins first agricultural census

Cambodia’s first-ever agricultural census is under way, tasked with addressing the lack of reliable statistical information on one of the Kingdom’s most crucial economic sectors. The census is being taken by the government with assistance from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in two ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041165027/Business/cambodia-begins-first-agricultural-census.html

Census Data

23 July 2012
Censuses

Provides comprehensive Cambodian census data from 2011, 2008 and 1998, which can be sorted by province, district, and commune. ...

Agriculture Census to Be Launched in Cambodia

19 July 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Agriculture and fishing / Censuses
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Following the release of the country’s first nationwide economic census earlier this year, the government is now planning to carry out a similar census dedicated to the agriculture sector, a government official said yesterday. Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun announced the government’s intention to carry out ...

Tech businesses among Cambodia’s fastest-growing sectors

15 March 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Censuses
census / Economic Census of Cambodia / Information and Communication Technology / small businesses

More than one-sixth of Cambodian businesses in 2011 were part of the Kingdom’s information and communications sector, a government census showed. Of the 182,439 new enterprises that sprang up in the country between June 2009 and March 2011, some 95,590 serviced the sector, according to the ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012031555037/Business/technology-businesses-among-the-kingdoms-fastest-growing-sectors.html

National Census Identifies Half-Million Businesses

14 March 2012
The Cambodia Daily
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Cambodia has a total of 505,134 businesses supported by a workforce of 1,676,263, just 11.56 percent of the total population, according to a nationwide economic census released yesterday by the Ministry of Planning. Of the total number of people employed in the country, 1,026,084, or 61.2 ...

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Economic Census 2011 Found About Half Million Establishments

25 August 2011
The Southeast Asia Weekly
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About half a million establishments in Cambodia as of March 1, 2011 released the preliminary results of the Economic Census of Cambodia (EC 2011) released by H.E. Chay Than on August 8th in Phnom Penh. The final results of EC 2011 will be released in ...

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Economic Census Sheds Light on Businesses

9 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
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The Ministry of Planning yesterday released the preliminary results of the 2011 economic census, which found that Cambodia has a total of 503,008 businesses nationwide, of which nearly 20 percent are based in Phnom Penh. The census, which began on March 1 and was financed ...