Informes

Highlights - Consumer prices were stable as the Consumer Price Index rose by 3.6% year?on?year in October. - Export price of Thai white rice, the benchmark for Asia, increased by 1.9% on a month?on?month basis. - Wholesale price of mixed rice in Cambodia increased…

PAILIN, 21 October 2010 (IRIN) - Van Theang, 41, a former soldier in Cambodia's western Pailin Province, remembers what happened in 1991: "I was walking along and hit a trip-wire. I had been told to watch out for mines…

- World Vision warns survivors are at risk of never escaping poverty exacerbated by natural calamities The long-term impact of Typhoon Ketsana can still be felt one year after it ravaged the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with devastating flooding…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 Chairman Webb and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the importance of the Mekong River…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT - Erratic rains are expected to affect the main season crops, mainly paddy. - Price of rice higher than in 2007 but lately generally stable. - Food security is satisfactory. Erratic rains are expected to affect the main wet season…

This report covers the period 1 January to 30 June 2010 In brief Programme purpose: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles (IDRL) Programme seeks to reduce human vulnerability by promoting…

Key Messages Prices of rice have generally been stable since the beginning of 2010, but are higher than the pre-high food crises period. Political tensions with Thailand continue. Moreover Cambodia's paddy crop was adversely affected by late rains and this could result…

PHNOM PENH, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) - Late rains and record low water levels in Cambodia's two main fresh water systems will affect food security and the livelihoods of millions, government officials and NGOs warn. "We expect the impact to…

Project Objectives The project development objective (PDO) of the proposed KERRP is to restore the service levels of transport and water and sanitation to the affected people in the project provinces and strengthen the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) capacity…

Summary The annual flood pulse in response to the South West Monsoon during the months between July and October is the key hydrological characteristic of the Mekong River and drives the high ecosystem productivity in the Lower…