Envisioning a New Paradigm of Development Cooperation in Cambodia
The Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) acknowledges with thanks permission granted by the EGDI Secretariat1, Stockholm Sweden, to extract and reprint with Khmer translation, an account of Cambodia's experience of development dialogue with the outside world during the last twenty-five years. This account, written by Eva Mysliwiec, fo...
Domestic Fish Trade: A Case Study of Fish Marketing from the Great Lake of Phnom Penh
With an inland catch of more than 400,000 tonnes per year and high domestic rates of fish consumption, freshwater fish are one of Cambodia’s most important traded commodities. Fresh and processed fish are traded widely within Cambodia, with the majority of trade originating at the Tonle Sap (Great Lake). Fish marketing involves a number of step...
Trading Forest Products in Cambodia: Challenges, Threats, and Opportunities for Resin
Forests support rural livelihoods in Cambodia in a number of important ways. Almost all rural Cambodians use forest resources for cooking fuel and construction materials. Many also collect other products for household use and income generation through trade, such as bamboo, rattan, resin, wild fruits and vegetables, and medicinal materials. In...
Fish Exports from the Great Lake to Thailand: An Analysis of Trade Constraints, Governance, and the Climate for Growth
Fisheries play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods throughout Cambodia, but especially around the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) area where more than one million people depend on the fisheries sector for employment, income, and food security. With large surpluses of fish caught during peak fishing periods, fish trade and export is critical to...
