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On 3rd December 2024, CDRI’s Economic Centre successfully organized a 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 on “𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧”, with support from International Development Research Centre (IDRC), at Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh. The 2nd Regional Symposium brought together 104 academics, researchers, and practitioners to share evidence-based research and insights on the digital and green economy. The symposium focused on governance reforms in the context of digital and green transformations in the GMS, […]

On the afternoon of 10 December 2024, we had the distinct honor of welcoming His Excellency Derek Yip, Australia’s Ambassador to Cambodia, to visit the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI). During his visit, CDRI had a productive dialogue with Ambassador Yip on our research strategy for the coming years and explored potential avenues for collaboration to support Cambodia’s resilient and sustainable growth through evidence-based policy research. Photo Gallery

On November 26, 2024, the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) and the Council for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Secretariat, successfully hosted the National Dialogue Workshop on “Integrated Decentralized Food System Governance, Food Security and Nutrition: Strategies for Improving Agri-food Systems in the Cambodian Mekong Delta” at the Council of Ministers, in partnership with WorldFish (WF) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). The National Dialogue provided a vital platform for exchanging ideas, shaping policies, and implementing strategies to promote […]

On 29 August 2024, CDRI’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation and the Centre for Development Economics and Trade of CDRI, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank, hosted a consultation workshop on “Gendered Barriers to Digital and Green Economy in Cambodia” at the Himawari Hotel Apartments.  Our researchers presented and validated the research findings on the gender barriers that challenge the adoption of digital technologies and green practices in MSMEs, as well as pursuing education and careers in the […]

On 15-16 August 2024, CDRI, in partnership with the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) and Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, Siem Reap Campus (PUCSR), successfully organised the 2nd Southeast Asia Economic Research and Development Workshop. This international workshop explored the history of economic thought and research, offering valuable insights into how economic theories and policies in ASEAN have been shaped by cultural, social, and political contexts. By examining past economic ideas and experiences, young economists and academics gained a deeper understanding of […]

Author: Dr CHEA Phal, Senior Research Fellow at CDRI’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation Recent educational statistics—including enrolment data, learning assessments, and national examinations—indicate a growing academic disparity, with boys increasingly lagging behind girls over the past decade. As seen in the figure below, this reversed disparity in Grade 12 national examinations can be observed since 2015, with the gap widening from 2021. Yet this trend reversal garnered little public attention until 2023, when the former prime minister raised […]