Multilateral development assistance
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Officials discuss future Kep developments
Tourism Ministry officials held a meeting yesterday to discuss a project to develop a tourist port in Kampot province and a planned drainage system for Kep’s Crab Market – two tourism infrastructure projects backed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/officials-discuss-future-kep-developments
New weather stations being built in provinces
In an attempt to deliver more accurate weather reporting in the Kingdom, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has started building 30 additional weather stations throughout the country, according to officials. ...
San Bunsim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27278/new-weather-stations-being-built-in-provinces/
Kampot to get new port
Construction of a seaport in Kampot is set to begin this year two years after being approved thanks to an $18 million loan from the Asia Development Bank (ADB), according to officials. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21768/kampot-to-get-new-port/
ADB appoints Tongan to lead its operation in Cambodia
A Tongan national was appointed as Asian Development Bank’s director for Cambodia effective 01 February.Samiuela T. Tukuafu will lead ADB operations in Cambodia to support the country’s development goals of promoting inclusive growth and diversifying the economy. ...
Alpha Latu
http://nzkanivapacific.co.nz/2016/02/adb-appoints-tongan-to-lead-its-operation-in-cambodia/
ADB plans to provide 880 million USD financing to Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to provide financing totally about 880 million US dollars to Cambodia for 2016 – 2018. According to a press release from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which was released yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://bit.ly/1PjBn8G
‘Skills gap’ remains an impediment to growth, new report says
Cambodia must tackle the skills gap to boost the productivity of its labor force in order to grow its economy, according to the latest report. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/skills-gap-remains-an-impediment-to-growth-new-report-says/3156042.html
Government undecided on new resettlement sites for evictees
A Finance Ministry official said on Sunday that the government had yet to decide whether it would comply with Asian Development Bank (ADB) rules that families facing eviction from along the country’s old railway tracks be offered resettlement options better than the ones they have ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-undecided-on-new-resettlement-sites-for-evictees-102214/
Cambodia faces turning point on foreign aid
Despite failing to meet many of the expectations of its foreign donors over the past two decades, Cambodia’s government has never struggled to secure aid from abroad. ...
Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-faces-turning-point-on-foreign-aid-100205/
ADB provides 64 mln USD to Cambodia for irrigation, malaria control
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed up to provide a total of 64 million U.S. dollars loan and grant to Cambodia for the projects of irrigation and malaria control system, according to an ADB statement. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-11/10/c_134802150.htm
World Bank East Asia Pacific regional vice President visits Cambodia
The World Bank looks forward to working with Cambodia to support the country’s efforts in reducing poverty and improving economic and social conditions for its people, especially in agriculture, health, education and transportation, said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia ...
The FINANCIAL News Staff
http://finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/51499-world-bank-east-asia-pacific-regional-vice-president-visits-cambodia
Charting the next seven years of environmental policy
Work began yesterday on Cambodia’s first national environmental plan in more than a decade. Once completed, the National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) will form the backbone of Cambodia’s environmental policy until 2023. The far-reaching plan – which is expected to be put into ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17414/charting-the-next-seven-years-of-environmental-policy/
ADB supports Cambodia’s push to develop new environmental plan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting the government of Cambodia to develop a National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan (NESAP) to help the country achieve its sustainable development goals. ...
The FINANCIAL News Staff
http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/business/item/51340-adb-supports-cambodia-s-push-to-develop-new-environmental-plan
PM urges greater economic integration with China
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called for more collaboration and integration of financial markets at the regional level, especially with China – the world’s second-largest economy – to offset the effects of a slowing global economy. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16773/pm-urges-greater-economic-integration-with-china/
ADB approves loan to improve irrigation systems
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million loan to modernize and rehabilitate irrigation systems in Kompong Thom and Battambang provinces. ...
Meghan Tribe
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/adb-approves-loan-to-improve-irrigation-systems-95983/
Families file new complaint under ADB railway project
Families who have been displaced by railway projects funded by the Asian Development Bank have filed a new complaint to an ADB review panel.Twenty-two people this week requested a new investigation by the ADB’s Compliance Review Panel. ...
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/families-file-new-complaint-under-adb-railway-project/2966131.html
Cambodia and other GMS countries to meet in Myanmar on infrastructure development
The Cambodia minister and other senior officials from the other countries Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) will gather this week for the 20th GMS Ministerial Conference to explore ways to boost infrastructure investment and development, said the press release of the ASIAN Development Bank. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-and-other-gms-countries-to-meet-in-myanmar-on-infrastructure-development-8933
ADB confirms receipt of latest request from railway families
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has received a complaint from 22 Cambodians who say the lender is falling short in its efforts to fix the mistakes it has made in planning and carrying out its ongoing rehabilitation of the country’s dilapidated railway tracks. ...
Zsombor Peter and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/adb-confirms-receipt-of-latest-request-from-railway-families-93266/
Railway families file separate complaint against ADB bank
Another group of families living along Cambodia’s dilapidated railway tracks is filing a complaint with the compliance review panel of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), accusing the lender of failing to abide by its own resettlement policies. ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/railway-families-file-separate-complaint-against-adb-bank-92933/
Gov’t approves plan to increase foreign borrowing over 3 years
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a plan to increase the amount of borrowing from foreign countries by as much as 33 percent over the next three years, in a bid to counter a decrease in grants and concessional loans. ...
Kuch Naren and Colin Meyn
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-approves-plan-to-increase-foreign-borrowing-over-3-years-92892/
Experts at odds over effects of Yuan devaluation
Economists and industry experts disagreed Tuesday on the effects that recent currency devaluations in China and Vietnam would have on the Cambodian economy. ...
Kang Sothear and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/experts-at-odds-over-effects-of-yuan-devaluation-92553/
Cambodia on verge of transitioning from low-income to middle-income country: ADB chief
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said here Tuesday that Cambodia is on the verge of transforming from a low-income to a middle-income country. The middle-income nation is defined by the GDP (gross domestic product) per capita between 1,045 U.S. dollars and 12,746 U.S. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Eal4qY
No more ADB funding to finish stalled railway project
ប្រធានធនាគារអភិវឌ្ឍន៍អាស៊ីដែលមកធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ច លោក តាកេហ៊ីកុ ណាកាវ (Takehiko Nakao) បានមានប្រសាសន៍កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា នឹងមិនមានប្រាក់ថែមទៀតពីធនាគារនេះដើម្បីបញ្ចប់គម្រោងដែលជាប់ គាំងនិងក្ស័យធន ដើម្បីស្ថារបណ្តាញផ្លូវដែកចាស់របស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា គឺគម្រោងមានទឹកប្រាក់១៤២លានដុល្លារ ដែលត្រូវគេចាត់ទុកថាជាការផ្តួចផ្តើមហេដ្ឋារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធដ៏ សំខាន់។ ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-more-adb-funding-to-finish-stalled-railway-project-79470/
ADB chief pledges continued support to Cambodia for socio-economic development
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Tuesday pledged to provide continued support to Cambodia for socio-economic development, a Cambodian spokesman said. He said the nation’s poverty rate had fallen from 53 percent in 2004 to 18 percent in 2014. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1BvKheC
ADB provides US$67 mln in loan for three projects in Cambodia
Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided US$67 millions in loan to support and improve water supply, tourism and financial sectors in Cambodia. The loan agreement was signed Thursday between Aun Pornmoniroth, Cambodia’s Minister of Economy and Finance, and Eric Sidgwick, ADB Country Director for Cambodia. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/adb-provides-us67-mln-in-loan-for-three-projects-in-cambodia-7889