Contract Farming in Mekong Countries: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

This flagship publication is the result of a regional two-year research project entitled: “Enhancing Research and Dialogue on Contract Farming in the Mekong-Lancang Countries”. It represents a close collaboration between CDRI and project partners - the China Agricultural University (CAU), Kasetsart University (Thailand), and the Institute of Policy...


Agricultural Trade between China and the Greater Mekong Subregion Countries: A Value Chain Analysis

The book is published at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and can be found on this website.


Cambodian Post-Secondary Education and Training in the Global Knowledge Societies

The emergence of global knowledge societies makes it necessary for Cambodian Post-Secondary Education and Training (PSET) system to: accelerate its knowledge-creation function, leading to academic excellence and intellectual prowess; cultivate vocational value, professional quality, and workplace learning habits in its students; build a robust...

ROTH Vathana   (2019)

Job Prospects for Youth, Low-skilled and Women Workers in the Greater Mekong Subregion

This publication is a collection of 11 original research papers on six themes: earnings inequality; labour market regulation and wage setting; safety nets for low-income, low-skilled workers; private sector engagement in skills development; implications for labour market policies and institutions of the ASEAN Economic Community; and strategies to s...


Climate Change and Water Governance in Cambodia: Challenge and Perspectives for Water Security and Climate Change in Selected Catchments, Cambodia

This book is the major output of a three-year research project, “Climate Change and Water Governance in Cambodia”, implemented by seven partner institutions with financial support from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in three subcatchments of the Tonle Sap Basin. The findings confirm that changes in the climate are affecti...


Cambodia Education 2015: Employment and Empowerment

Improving the education system is one of the most significant challenges facing Cambodia. This study is the result of consultation and collaboration with national executive and legislative institutions, education institutions, development partners and private education providers that form a significant repository of skills, knowledge and experience...

CDRI   (2013)

Cambodia’s Development Dynamics: Past Performance and Emerging Priorities

CDRI releases its new publication, Cambodia’s Development Dynamics: Past Performance and Emerging Priorities. This study will be useful to a wide audience interested in Cambodia’s socioeconomic and political development – policymakers, the research community, development partners, the private sector, and non-government organisations. The Repor...

HOSSEIN Jalilian   (2013)

Assessing China's Impact on Poverty in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Since the dawn of the industrial revolution, and the ushering in of an era of global economic relations, the United States and Europe have been the core poles of economic power. However, China along with India is increasingly challenging the traditional economic hegemony. An issue of great importance is how this shift in the global economic balance...

HOSSEIN Jalilian   (2012)

Cost and Benefits of Cross-Country Labour Migration in the Greater Mekong Subregion

International labour migration can be characterised in three ways – as human aspiration, tradition, and necessity. For some people, working overseas is a dream. For others, international labour mobility is a tradition. For a great number of people however, international labour migration is an economic necessity. It is the only viable solu...

CDRI   (2007)

Pro-Poor Tourism in the Greater Mekong Subregion

This study of pro-poor tourism in five countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-region emphasizes how tourism has become, or continues to be, a significant driver of economic growth and development in all the participating countries—Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Yunnan province of China. At the same time, the governments of the less developed of...