Welfare plan full of goals, short on details
Cash transfers to the poor and public works programs for the unemployed are spelled out in a new five-year plan the government launched yesterday in a bid to expand the country’s threadbare social welfare programs. Though full of ambitious targets and budgets, the ‘National Social Protection ...
Manufacturing to diversify
While Cambodia seeks to diversify its manufacturing sector and encourage higher-value-added activities, experts say it must be supported by the right mix of government policies. The Asia Development Bank (ADB) says that the sharp increase of foreign direct investment (FDI) from $900 million in 2011 to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561577/Business/manufacturing-to-diversify.html
Australian Gov’t Ordered Railway Investigation
The Australian government yesterday said it has been aware of poor working conditions and inappropriate surveying methods used on Cambodia’s railway rehabilitation project since February and had ordered that the project’s partners investigate the matters. “The Australian Government was alerted to possible concerns about workplace health ...
(English) Yearender: Cambodia's economy remains strong in 2013 despite political row, flood havoc: officials
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Nguon Sovan and Wang Qibing
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-12/19/c_132979125.htm
(English) Chhay aims to purge Nat'l Assembly of ‘ghosts’
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Pech Sotheary and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/chhay-aims-purge-natl-assembly-%E2%80%98ghosts%E2%80%99
វិនិយោគចិននៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជានឹងធ្វើពិពិធកម្មក្នុងវិស័យហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ សម្រាប់សហគ្រាសធុនតូច និងមធ្យម
លោក Peter Wong នាយកក្រុមប្រឹក្សាពាណិជ្ជកម្មប្រចាំតំបន់អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ និងអាស៊ី ខាងត្បូង នៅក្រុមប្រឹក្សាអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ពាណិជ្ជកម្មទីក្រុងហុងកុង (HKTDC) បាននិយាយថា ការវិនិយោគផ្ទាល់ពីបរទេសរបស់ចិននៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាត្រូវបានគេរំពឹងថា នឹងធ្វើពិពិធកម្មទៅក្នុង ...
Sangeetha Amarthalingam
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50555620/chinese-investment-in-cambodia-to-diversify-into-sme-finance/
ភាពមិនស៊ីសង្វាក់គ្នារវាងជំនាញ និងតម្រូវការទីផ្សារការងារប៉ះពាល់ដល់កំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចកម្ពុជា
ចន្លោះប្រហោងនៃជំនាញការងារ ការសិក្សាជំនាញដែលមិនសមស្របនឹងទីផ្សារការងារ និងផលិតភាពកម្លាំងការងារ គឺជាបញ្ហាចម្បងៗចំពោះការលូតលាស់នៃកំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចក្នុងប្រទេស កម្ពុជា។ នេះបើយោងតាមរបាយការណ៍មួយចេញផ្សាយដោយធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ី (ADB) និង ...
ហ៊ាន សុជាតា
http://khmer.voanews.com/content/skills-gap-remains-an-impediment-to-growth-new-report-says/3156544.html
ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីនៅលើច្រាំងទន្លេសេសានជាសញ្ញាណគួរឱ្យព្រួយបារម្ភ្
ស្លាកសញ្ញាគូរដោយដៃមួយត្រូវបានភ្ជួរលើដើមឈើឆ្កាងនៅមាត់ទ្វារភូមិស្រែកូតាមបណ្តោយច្រាំងភាគខាងត្បូងនៃទន្លេសេសានក្នុងខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង បានស្វាគមន៍អ្នកទស្សនាជាមួយនឹងសារគួរឱ្យព្រួយបារម្ភ។អ្វីរឹតតែគួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាចកាន់តែខ្លាំងទៀត ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17729/dam-fuels-desperation-on-banks-of-se-san-river/
នគរបាលចាប់ខ្លួនជនជាតិបែលហ្ស៊ិកពីបទលួចប្រាក់ជិត៥០.០០០ដុល្លារពីធនាគារ
មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា នគរបាលអន្តោប្រវេសន៍បានចាប់ខ្លួន ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/30716/
IFC ចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនចំនួន ២ ដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍ PPLC
សាជីវកម្មហិរញ្ញវត្ថុអន្តរជាតិ (IFC) បានចុះកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងភាពជាដៃគូជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុន PPLC Support and Industrial Co. Ltd សម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលឡូជីស្ទិកភ្នំពេញ (PPLC) ដើម្បីឱ្យក្លាយទៅជាមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលដឹកជញ្ជូនឆ្លាតវៃថ្មីនៅអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ ជំរុញពាណិជ្ជកម្ម និងការតភ្ជាប់ ព្រមទាំងកាត់បន្ថយការចំណាយ។ ...
ម៉ៃ គុណមករា
https://www.postkhmer.com/business/2023-02-17-1033-247067.html
Unclean Water Costs $450M A Year, New UN Report Says
Poor sanitation costs Cambodia $450 million a year due to health costs resulting from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea, according to a new report by the UN Environment Program. The report follows data released last week by the World Bank that found that 75 percent ...
Rice Crops Take A Pounding From Southeast Asian Floods
October marks the start of the main rice harvest in Thailand, the world’s largest exporter of the grain. Traders are waiting to see the full impact of flooding on the crop, but it’s already clear that output across Southeast Asia will fall substantially. The U.N.’s ...
Land rights acrimony in AusAID Asian project
A TAXPAYER-FUNDED development project is mired in controversy after the Cambodian government launched a crackdown against land rights organisations critical of the compulsory resettlement of families. The Cambodian government has cautioned a small group of foreign organisations against stirring up unrest among those being forced off ...
‘Tourism, Dynamic Area In Economic Sector’
Rita O’ Sullivan, ADB Country Director Tourism is a dynamic component in the economic sector. In the Greater Mekong Sub Region – Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia – bound together by the Mekong River, the tourism industry is a driving force, says Rita O’ Sullivan, ...
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/2012/09/23/tourism-dynamic-area-in-economic-sector/
Kep first province to wrap land-titling scheme
Seven months after Prime Minister Hun Sen unveiled an ambitious plan to demarcate 1.8 million hectares of state land and formally acknowledge those who live on it, the completion of the first – albeit the smallest – of eight affected provinces has wrapped up. Marking the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/National/kep-first-province-to-wrap-land-titling-scheme.html
Export Values Up 21 Per Cent
Cambodian export values increased more than 21 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, and officials said the rise was a positive sign for the Kingdom’s economic growth. According to the Ministry of Commerce’s export data ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013042465194/Business/export-values-up-21-per-cent.html
Canadian Aid for Communal Land Titles to End in March
Canadian funding for ethnic minority communities in the process of applying for communal land titles will run out in March, and other donors have not yet signed up to take over the task, officials from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which currently provides the ...
Non-Government Groups Take Stock of the Country’s Rights Records
The government’s abuse of land rights and indigenous minorities were among the top concerns raised Tuesday by non-governmental groups at a workshop in Phnom Penh on Cambodia’s progress toward achieving a long list of U.N. human rights recommendations. As part of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/non-government-groups-take-stock-of-countrys-rights-record-21113/
US supports $2.7m in loans for agriculture
The US government is working with a Cambodian microfinance institution to finance $2.7million in loans to farmers and small- and medium-sized agro-businesses in Battambang, Kompong Thom, Pursat and Siem Reap provinces in order to improve their access to credit, the US Embassy said. USAid will work ...
Prices and Monetary Developments
Price levels picked up during the first half of 2012 but will likely cool down in the second half of the year due to changes in energy prices and major food related items. Therefore, the inflation rate has been upwardly adjusted by 30 basis points to 4.8 percent ...
