Doing Business in Cambodia Becoming More Difficult

The Cambodia Daily
By Joshua Wilwohl and Aun Pheap | October 30, 2013

Cambodia ranked 137 out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2014 report released Tuesday, the first drop in at least two years that shows conducting business in the country is becoming more difficult.

The report ranks countries in 10 categories, including starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, access to credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency.

Japanese investment in South-East Asia

A weak domestic economy is spurring Japanese firms to expand abroad

Nov 1st 2014 | PHNOM PENH and TOKYO | 

The Economist

IT IS not every day that the opening of a shopping centre attracts a prime minister, but then Aeon Mall in Phnom Penh is not any old shopping centre. The Japanese-built complex is Cambodia’s biggest, complete with an ice rink, television studio and bowling alley. For Hun Sen, the attending prime minister, it is a symbol of Japanese investment. Governments across South-East Asia are courting Japanese firms, and a torrent of yen is surging their way.

A (mis)guide on CSR and Trade Agreement application in the Cambodian

A (mis)guide on CSR and Trade Agreement application in the Cambodian ...

European Public Affairs

Cambodia's economy is dependent on the garment industry. The majority of textiles exported (70 percent) are destined for popular brands. It employs half a million workers and accounts for about 80 percent of Cambodia's exports. According to the ILO ...

Collapsed Cambodia factory had structural issues

Collapsed Cambodia factory had structural issues

just-style.com

An initial risk inspection on a Cambodia clothing factory which collapsed earlier this week injuring eight people suggests structural issues may have been to blame. Following the incident at Nishiku Enterprise on Tuesday (21 October), Better Factories .

Japanese Election Experts Meet With CPP, CNRP Officials

Japanese Election Experts Meet With CPP, CNRP Officials

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Making good on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pledge late last year to help Cambodia reform its electoral system, a panel of election experts from Japan met with CPP and CNRP officials Wednesday to present the findings of their recent study into ...

The special relationship between China and Cambodia

The special relationship between China and Cambodia

The Nation

Besides Thailand, Cambodia is probably China's closest regional partner. Over the past 15 years, China has invested around US$10 billion (Bt325 billion) in Cambodia. Much of this has taken place in recent years, as an official visit in 2006 by the ...

Workers Injured After Factory Floor Collapses

Workers Injured After Factory Floor Collapses

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

Jill Tucker, chief technical adviser for the International Labor Organization's Better Factories Cambodia program, which monitors health and safety standards in the country's garment factories, said there was a “long chain of responsibility” for ...

Inspection Gap Poses Safety Threat in Factories

Inspection Gap Poses Safety Threat in Factories

The Cambodia Daily (subscription)

“What the report also says is the absence of formal codes and regulations from the Cambodian government may be the primary factor [allowing for poor construction],” she said. Better Factories, however, does not monitor construction of the factories ...