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Initiative Encourages Private Rural Investment

1 August 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Economy and commerce / Multilateral development assistance / Siem Reap / Social development / The poor
ADB / Agriculture & Agri-business / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / Council of Ministers / Development agencies / Farmers / Finnish Embassy / information communication technologies / information technology firms / Infrastructure / Investment / Investors / Kompong Cham / Kompong Cham Province / Kompong Thom / Kompong Thom Province / MFIs / Microfinance institutions / mobile phone operators / Multilateral development assistance / NDO / Netherlands Development Organization / NGOs / poverty reduction / Private Investment / private sector / Rural development / Siem Reap / Siem Reap Province / small-scale agribusiness / Smart Mobile / solar panels / Technology / Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction Project / TSPRP / urbanization

Representatives from more than 90 Cambodian businesses gathered yesterday at the Council of Ministers building in Phnom Penh to hear about a new initiative that aims to encourage private sector investment in agriculture. The $55.6 million project is an extension of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/initiative-encourages-private-rural-investment-37899/

Solar panels see sunny times ahead

21 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce / Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Investment / Renewable energy production / Solar power
Chinese aid / Department of Rural Electrification Fund / EdC / electric power / Electricity / Electricity of Cambodia / Houy Chanthy / Interest / Kampong Cham / Kampong Thom / Khmer Solar company / kratie / loudspeakers / Mao Sangat / NGOs / power grid / power lines / Prey Veng / Pursat / REF / remittance / remittances / Romdoul district / Rural development / rural electricity development / Rural Electrification of Cambodia / rural electrity / Siem Reap / Singapore / Solar Energy / Solar Energy Cambodia / solar panel / solar panels / solar power systems / Svay Chek commune / Svay Rieng / Svay Rieng Province / Thailand / Yiang Tal

Officials and business people say solar panels are gaining in popularity in rural areas, where the power grid does not reach. Mao Sangat, director of Solar Energy Cambodia, told the Post yesterday that his company saw increases of installation of solar power systems for families whose ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052165730/Business/solar-panels-see-sunny-times-ahead.html

Cambodia seeing a solar surge as prices drop

29 August 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Energy / Energy policy and administration / Generation and distribution facilities / Renewable energy production / Solar power
Chinese-made solar panels / PowerTopia Cambodia / Renewable Energy / renewable energy sector / solar panels / solar panels prices / Solar Power / solar power solutions / solar power technologies

Cambodia is lighting up with solar power as international politics gluts the world market with inexpensive equipment options, according to industry insiders. The lowering or complete end of subsidies for US, European and Australian firms, along with China’s backing of the renewable energy sector, has seen ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082958337/Business/cambodia-seeing-a-solar-surge-as-prices-drop.html

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