Assessments

Executive Summary On the 14th of April 2021, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced1 a two-week lockdown of Phnom Penh. This lockdown came after two months of a slow but steady increase in the number of COVID-19 cases…

Context: Why does this matter? Across the region, communities have been hit hard by the sudden and unprecedented spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For those at the frontlines of climate change, the pandemic and its associated…

Context The impact of COVID-19 in Cambodia has four broad dimensions; health, economic, socio-cultural and political. According to the Global Health Security Index report in 2019, Cambodia ranked 89th out of 195 countries in preparedness for infectious…

BACKGROUND In 2017, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) estimated that over one million of Cambodian nationals lived abroad. A majority of them are labour migrants seeking employment opportunities and better wages. Thailand…

Mid-May 2020, World Vision International Cambodia conducted an assessment on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on child-wellbeing in the communities where we work to inform our response to the crisis. The rapid assessment included a…

From mid-March until mid-August 2019, a total of 5,630 Cambodian nationals were surveyed in the provinces of Battambang and Banteay Meanchey, of whom 5,625 were identified as migrant workers. Migrants were categorized in two different groups.…

Executive Summary Labour migration is a key demographic trend influencing and shaping the growth of many countries in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand. Thailand’s steady economic growth in recent decades has sparked an increase in labour demand, resulting…

Abstract (EN): This Link NCA was conducted between December 2015-March 2016 in Choam Ksant district, situated in the North-East Province of Preah Vihear, which borders Thailand and Laos. The region has a history of immigration, relocation and…

Executive summary Cambodia is a country prone to floods and droughts, but 2016 has proven to be the hottest year on record. The ongoing 2015 – 2016 El Niño event is causing severe drought in much of…

Background El Niño is an abnormal weather pattern caused when warm water from the western Pacific Ocean flows eastward. It results from variations in ocean temperatures in the Pacific around the equator and occurs on average every…