Cambodia and ADB
In the Spotlight
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Cambodian farmers find reasons to stay on the land
In Cambodia, farmers are gaining access to the technology, markets, credit, and knowledge that they need to earn better incomes.
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Building Trust and Confidence in Cambodia’s Financial Sector
For nearly two decades, ADB's Financial Sector Program has helped strengthen Cambodia’s legal framework and expand access to finance.
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Expanding Access to Affordable Electricity in Cambodia
New transmission lines light up towns as cross-border energy cooperation links Cambodia and Viet Nam grids.
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Cambodia and ADB: from Rehabilitation to Inclusive Growth
As Cambodia’s largest multilateral development partner, ADB has supported the country's government in reconstruction and development since the Paris Peace Agreement in 1991.
In recent years, Cambodia has moved closer to lower-middle-income status through resounding economic growth. This has been driven by solid performances in garment manufacture, tourism, paddy and milled rice, and construction. While this growth is expected to continue in 2016, the economy remains vulnerable to external shocks and natural disasters. Although the poverty rate fell between 2007 and 2012, from about 50% to below 20%, more than 70% of Cambodians still live on less than $3 a day, which means that many of them remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty.
Under the country partnership strategy for 2014-2018, ADB will continue to support the government’s economic reform priorities and help promote inclusive growth.
Cambodia is a member of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
Latest
The Greater Mekong Subregion has recently seen remarkable progress in developing cross-border transport infrastructure along its economic corridors.
Evaluating Impacts of Cross-Border Transport Infrastructure in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Three Approaches
Small and medium-sized enterprises face information asymmetries that hinder access to finance.
Solutions for SMEs’ difficulties in accessing finance: Asian experiences
Cambodia Needs More Support to Achieve Its Gender Equality Goals
A lack of financial resources and officials trained in gender issues is hampering Cambodia’s efforts to tap the economic potential of women and close sizable gender equality gaps, says an evaluation report.
Projects in Cambodia
Proposed
- Second Decentralized Public Service and Financial Management Sector Development Program, Subprogram 1
- Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project
- Climate-Friendly Agribusiness Value Chains Sector Project
- Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project - Additional Financing
- Road Network Improvement Project (formerly Second Road Asset Management Project)
Activities
Implementation of Cambodia's Social Accountability Framework Discussed 
Business Information Center for SMEs Launched in Cambodia 
Climate Change Adaptation Indicators and Gender Considerations integrated into Cambodia's Planning Processes -
1.3%
Average annual population growth rate in Cambodia (2011-2016)
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14%
Population living below the national poverty line in Cambodia (2015)
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161
Maternal Mortality Ratio in Cambodia, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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15.25
Population in Cambodia, in millions (2016)
