Gender Analysis of Survey on Cambodia’s Young and Older Generation: Family, Community, Political Knowledge and Attitudes, and Future Expectations

This study presents a gendered analysis of a nationally representative survey of 1,600 Cambodians aged 16–65, conducted across rural and urban areas. It explores how women’s perceptions and participation in socio-political life vary by age, education, residence, employment, mobility, and internet use. The analysis focuses on four themes: family, co...

Growing Rich before Growing Old? Youth, Work and Aspirations

Cambodia’s Young and Older Generation: Views on Generational Relations and Key Social and Political Issues

Youth make up one-third of the Cambodian population. This generation was born after the Khmer Rouge years and has grown up with the idea of regular competitive elections in a multi-party system. The youth cohort forms an increasingly significant proportion of the national electorate. This report analyses the results from a nationally representative...

Economic Return to Investment in Education and TVET: Micro and Marco Perspectives

This study is a part of the UN Joint Programme through which the UNDP seeks to examine the relationship between the economic/monetary returns of investments in education and technical vocational education and training (TVET) at individual, household and national levels. The overall objectives of the study are (1) to estimate the rate of return at t...

Vocational Training and Labour Market Transitions of Cambodian Disadvantaged Young Adults

Scaling Up Social Enterprise: Predicament or Prospect in a Comparative Perspective

This article focuses on the intricate nature of scaling practices in social enterprise organizations (SEOs). The research is based on case study methodology in two different institutional environments, the Netherlands and Cambodia. Comparing and contrasting these cases, the article raises questions about ways in which the institutional environments...

Does an Increase in Social Insurance Payments Affect Firms’ Decisions? Evidence from Vietnam

Gender, Employment and Wage Disparities in Laos

Finance in Public Higher Education in Cambodia

Cambodian higher education finance is archaic and inappropriate for creating a robust and responsive higher education system. The customary practice of line item budgeting is also obsolete. Many countries in the region have long moved towards block grants and some have recently incorporated performance-based funding. In Cambodia, bureaucratic finan...

Governance in Public Higher Education in Cambodia

Compared with those of its more advanced ASEAN peers, Cambodia’s higher education system is still in its infancy. Its higher education governance, financing and financial management are neither sophisticated nor robust enough to deliver high-quality, relevant higher education to the society and economy. Higher education institutions have mushroomed...