The Middle-Income Trap in Cambodia: Diminishing Returns from Good Macroeconomic Policy

09 July 2026

អន្ទាក់នៃប្រាក់ចំណូលមធ្យមនៅកម្ពុជា៖ ការថយចុះនៃផលត្រឡប់ពីគោលនយោបាយម៉ាក្រូសេដ្ឋកិច្ចល្អសារគន្លឹះបច្ចេកស័ព្ទ «អន្ទាក់នៃប្រាក់ចំណូលមធ្យម» សំដៅដល់កត្តារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ ដែលជាឫសគល់នៃបញ្ហាប្រឈមដ៏ធំធេង ក្នុងការស្តារឡើងវិញ និងការរក្សាចីរភាពនៃកំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចដ៏លឿន ន...

The Middle-Income Trap in Cambodia: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

29 June 2026

អន្ទាក់នៃប្រាក់ចំណូលមធ្យមនៅកម្ពុជា៖ គំនិតមួយដែលដល់ពេលត្រូវយកចិត្តទុកដាក់សារគន្លឹះបច្ចេកស័ព្ទ «អន្ទាក់នៃប្រាក់ចំណូលមធ្យម» សំដៅដល់កត្តារចនាសម្ព័ន្ធ ដែលជាឫសគល់នៃបញ្ហាប្រឈមដ៏ធំធេង ក្នុងការស្តារឡើងវិញ និងការរក្សាចីរភាពនៃកំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចដ៏លឿន នៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជ...

Strengthening STEM Education in Cambodia: Why Teacher Professional Development Matters

26 June 2026

Author: Ms Heng Sok Mean, Research Assistant at CDRI’s Centre for Educational Research and InnovationKey HighlightsDespite the government’s efforts in building Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) human capital, student enrolme...

Focusing on Agricultural Economics for Policy Development

15 June 2026

On 15 June 2026, our Executive Director Dr Netra Eng and Senior Researchers were honored to meet with His Excellency Dith Tina, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) and a team of his senior colleagues, to discuss a potential resear...

Training and Consultative Workshop on “The Impact Evaluation of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program”

04 June 2026

From 2 to 4 June 2026, CDRI, in collaboration with the Research Unit of the General Secretariat for the National Social Protection Council, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, KOICA, WFP Cambodia, and IFPRI, organized a training and consulta...

Dialogue | The Middle-Income Trap: A Comparison of Cambodia and Pakistan

03 June 2026

On 3 June 2026, CDRI hosted a dialogue on "The Middle-Income Trap: A Comparison of Cambodia and Pakistan," delivered by Dr Matthew McCartney, Chief Economist, and Dr Dina Chhorn, Centre Director of Development Economics and Trade. The session bro...

𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

06 May 2026

Under the theme “𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚: 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,” the 21st International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association invites abstract submissions focusing on Asia. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫...

CDRI convene Technical Regional Workshop on National and Regional Funding Mechanisms for Research and Development

27 March 2026

On 27 March 2026, the Cambodian Development Resource and Institute (CDRI), in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation, kicked off a Technical Regional Workshop on National and Regional Funding Mechanisms for Re...

From Grassroots to Governance: Navigating the Pathways to Women’s Leadership in Rural Cambodia

06 March 2026

Authors: Ms Sak Sreynoch and Dr Khath Bunthorn, Research Associates at CDRI’s Centre for Governance and Inclusive SocietyKey messages·        The representation paradox: While grassroots civic participati...

5th National Education Policy Forum on From Policy to Practice: How School Community Engagement Can Support the Implementation of School Model Standards

20 November 2025

In a joint effort to strengthen the quality and governance of Cambodia’s public education system, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) co-organised the 5th National Education Policy...