Tag: GDP

Heavy rain causes flooding on National Road 4 in Kampong Speu province’s Phnom Sruoch district on June 29, 2023. (Kampong Speu’s Administration Facebook)

World Bank: Climate Change Could Cost Cambodia’s GDP Up to 9% by 2050

6 Nov 2023 3:55 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Climate risks including heat stress are expected to increase in Cambodia, with the effects of climate change seriously impacting Cambodians and the economy, and worsening…

Candlelight Party leader with minority party leaders announce the party alliance in Phnom Penh on October 11, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

Three Minority Parties Form Alliance with Candlelight Party

11 Oct 2023 8:05 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Opposition party Candlelight has formed an alliance with minority parties Khmer Will Party, Grassroots Democratic Party and Cambodia Reform Party, three parties which failed to…

Paddy fields in Kandal province on April 10, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

ADB Warns Cambodia’s Growth Will Be Stunted by Climate Change

12 Apr 2023 3:19 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Cambodia’s long term economic growth faces significant threats from climate change and could dampen prospects for becoming an upper-middle income country in the coming years,…

Headquarters of the Grassroots Democratic Party in Phnom Penh on April 5, 2023. (Photo supplied by GDP)

GDP Members Despairing as Senior Leaders Defect to Ruling CPP

5 Apr 2023 8:18 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Two senior leaders for the opposition Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) defected to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), following the path of other high-ranking GDP…

Yang Saing Koma and Loek Sothea (left) meet with Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 28. Photo from the Prime Minister's Facebook page.

Senior GDP Leader Defects To Ruling CPP, Given Agriculture Ministry Position

29 Nov 2022 7:50 AM|
Khuon Narim|

Agronomist and former opposition politician Yang Saing Koma will be promoted to a secretary of state position in the Agriculture Ministry — an appointment political analysts…

A vendor sells vegetables at a market in Phnom Penh in February 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Cambodia’s GDP and Inflation to Rise This Year, World Bank Says

27 Sep 2022 6:56 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Cambodia’s GDP growth is estimated to reach 4.8% this year, and continue rising for the next two years while remaining below pre-pandemic levels, and inflation…

A cyclo driver pedals through his territory as part of the mobile pantry initiative in Phnom Penh, Picture taken August 30, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Money Pleas: Charities looking homeward for donations find patrons scarce

31 Jul 2022 9:29 PM|
Ngay Nai|

Leaders in the non-profit sector challenged the government and private donors to raise significantly more funding after a regional survey ranked Cambodia last in charitable…

Yang Saing Koma, chairman of the GDP speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh, July 26, 2022. CamboJA/ Khuon Narim

Minor political parties discuss alliance ahead of National Election

27 Jul 2022 7:36 AM|
Khuon Narim|

The Grassroots Democratic Party (GDP) said Tuesday it was seeking to make an alliance with other minor parties ahead of the 2023 National Election, though…