Research shows that Buddhism plays an essential role in developing spirituality and reducing illiteracy and poverty in Cambodia. Thousands of Buddhist monasteries have provided shelters for thousands ...
Weak law enforcement, corruption, grinding poverty and the fractured social institutions left by the country's turbulent recent history have helped earn Cambodia an unwelcome reputation for child ...
Yet, agricultural growth has slowed down to around 1-2% in 2013-2014. A World Bank report, Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks , co-financed by the World Bank and Australian ...
A more lucrative trade than working in textile factories, insect farming is proving to be a key ingredient in fighting rural poverty in Cambodia. “I had to stop working at the factory because of my ...
An Australian charity has significantly expanded its poverty-busting work in rural Cambodia thanks to the generosity of ABC viewers. Landline viewers donated more than $200,000 to Cows for ...
Today’s Cambodia is benefitting from relative stability and rapid economic growth. But the country remains one of the world’s poorest, struggling with widespread poverty, pervasive corruption and a ...
Cambodia’s economic growth remains strong despite domestic uncertainty and instability in neighboring countries and is projected to reach 7.2 percent by end of 2014. Poverty reduction continues to ...
Rights group Human Rights Watch accused the Cambodian government of trying to hide the effects of poverty in the country. "My Mother Sold Me" quickly went viral in Cambodia after it was uploaded ...