Reports

HIGHLIGHTS Food purchasing power of households decreased by 0.5% and 2.8% in rural and urban areas respectively month-on-month; Retail price of lowest quality rice decreased by 1.3% in rural areas and increased by 1% in urban areas on…

In autumn 2013, several parts of Cambodia were severely affected by flooding, leaving many rural water supplies unusable and unsanitary. Unclean water and lack of sanitation and hygiene are among the leading causes of diarrhea –…

BY ZSOMBOR PETER | APRIL 7, 2015 Both the number of accidents and casualties caused by old landmines and other unexploded ordnance (UXO) rose by nearly 40 percent last year, according to the latest government data, though…

1. SYNOPSIS This Annual Mekong Flood Report (AMFR) follows the established pattern since 2007 that is a review of the year’s flood conditions within the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB), supplemented by an Annual Theme. The “Theme” of…

COUNTRY STRATEGY In support of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s effort to achieve Zero Hunger, WFP provides assistance to the poorest most food-insecure Cambodians through its country programme (CP) 2011-2016. In 2015, WFP will assist 435,000 vulnerable…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — An international judge at a war crimes court in Cambodia charged another former Khmer Rouge member with crimes against humanity on Friday. The charges against the former member, Ao An, or Ta An,…

Jumping over a rope in the shade of her schoolyard’s gangly trees, Sreykeo enjoys playing with her friends before explaining they used to have to wade through potentially dangerous water on the way to school. “I had…

PHNOM PENH, 12 March 2015: Minister of Environment, H.E. Say Samal, who is also the Chair of the National Climate Change Committee, presided over the official launch ceremony for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) Phase…

Local officials in Cambodia's northwestern Battambang province have refused to instruct the country's demining agency to remove land mines from villages that voted for the political opposition, opposition and rights activists say. Repeated requests to local authorities…

Cambodia’s efforts to tackle threats of climate change received a new boost with additional financial support from the European Union, Sweden and United Nations Development Programme on Thursday. The EU is committing over 50 percent of the…