Tag: Microfinance

An Indigenous women walks back from farming in the Veun Sai district of Ratanakiri province on October 29, 2023. (CamboJA/Try Thaney)

Op-Ed: Indigenous Communities Lose Land at Perilous Rate Due to Predatory Loan Industry

27 Mar 2024 2:22 PM|
Bun Rithy|

A microfinance credit officer in Ratanakiri recently told me he thought Cambodia’s Indigenous communities would be landless in the next 10 years, as they sell…

A man drives a motorcycle past Prasac Microfiance in Phnom Penh, July 6, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

National Bank Report Shows Cambodia’s Credit Growth Reaches $50 billion

6 Jul 2022 5:56 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Cambodia’s financial sector continued to see strong growth in the first quarter of 2022, with the country’s total credit reaching more than $50 billion, according…

Microfinance institution LOLC's office in Phnom Penh, April 6, 2021. CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan

NGOs call for debt relief for victims of land dispute

29 Jun 2021 9:51 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

As rights groups publish new evidence on the severity of Cambodia’s personal debt risks, communities affected by land disputes are calling for relief from what…