The Evolution of Demoncratic Process and Conflict Management in Cambodia: A Comparative Study of Three Cambodian Elections
This study examines the evolution of mechanisms for conflict management since 1998, and their effectiveness in preventing conflict escalation during the general elections of 2003. The study draws on extensive field research carried out by CDRI researchers on the 1998 and 2003 elections, and on the practical experience of conflict management gai...
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
This study investigates the domestic freshwater fish trade in Cambodia, focusing on the marketing chain from the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) to retail markets in Phnom Penh. As one of Cambodia’s most traded commodities, freshwater fish play a vital role in rural livelihoods and food security. The research examines market structures, transaction dyn...
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...