Economy

Experts urge economic diversification as vital for Timor-Leste’s survival

As petroleum resources dry up, the expansion of agriculture, tourism and manufacturing is key to overcoming the socio-economic challenges facing the country
By Beatrice Siviero • Dec 02, 2022

Tonle Sap Lake

Children on Tonle Sap face a hazy future

As fish populations fall on Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, some students are forced to trade books for nets while others look to break tradition with new professions
By Photo reportage by Nigel Dickinson. Reporting by Fiona Kelliher and Chea Sameang • May 18, 2022

EDF Board Sets the Future of Entrepreneurship in the Kingdom

After a tumultuous 2 years, the Entrepreneurship Development Fund is primed to provide Cambodia’s growing population of changemakers the funding tools and training opportunities to jump start their business ventures and innovation
By Stew Post • May 09, 2022

Agriculture

Progress and Pitfalls: plotting a path towards prosperity

As Cambodia continues to mature economically, charting this trajectory becomes an essential part of ensuring the nation’s ongoing progress. The Centre for Development Economics and Trade has taken the lead in mapping and analysing this growth and providing policy makers with valuable data to shape the economic future of the nation
By Stew Post • May 09, 2022

Transport

Vietnam’s metro system is a tale of two late trains

The new Hanoi subway line debuted in November despite bloated budgets and delays continuing to slow the nation’s mass transit development
By Govi Snell • Dec 08, 2021

Green Economy

Capitalism in a nutshell, the growth of cashews in Cambodia

There were few cashew trees in northeast Cambodia 30 years ago, but now the burgeoning nut industry is part of the region’s link to the global economy
By Jack Brook and Borin Sopheavuthtey • Nov 04, 2021

Investment policy

The gate keeper

The Secretary General of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), Sok Chenda Sophea, on promoting the Kingdom to investors while adhering to government policies and ambitions for sectorial growth
By Focus Cambodia Editorial • Feb 01, 2021

Global economy

Philippine economy shrinks at a record 9.5% in 2020

Official data released on January 28 that the Philippine economy shrank a record 9.5 percent throughout 2020, after coronavirus measures devastated the country's retail and tourism sectors while a series of natural disasters wrecked crops
By Agence France-Presse • Jan 28, 2021