Khmer News in Cambodia

Phnom Penh June 12, 2007 – Although the gap between rich and poor in Cambodia has widened since 1994, this occurred mainly before 1997, with little change from then till 2004, according to a new World Bank report. And if Cambodia can maintain high rates of growth while containing the rise in inequality, the report [...]

According to the figure of the consumer price index (CPI) released by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS), the inflation of the cost of living conditions in Phnom Penh  increased 1.8 percent in June  in comparison with May, when the prices rose 1 percent. The increase in inflation is because of the increasing prices of [...]

In response to fight against the global financial crisis, the amount of $59.4 million in concessional loans has been granted to Cambodia by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The money has been made available through the bank’s Asian Development Fund (ADF), which received a $400 million boost Tuesday as part of a much broader $3.4 billion fiscal [...]