News Cambodia Debt: Will Cambodia’s Private Debt Become National Debt?
Not all is well in the Kingdom of Hun. Hun Manet, Cambodia’s new prime minister, who inherited the role from his father in August, prepares to meet with the business community on November 13 at the ...
News Cambodia Debt: Cambodian Microfinance Loans Based on Rising Land Prices Point to Further NPL Increase
Over-optimistic assumptions about the transformative impact of microfinance loans on the incomes of borrowers have been a consistent feature of the industry for years. Over-valuation of the assets ...
News Cambodia Debt: Debt relief for developing countries
When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of developing countries were already facing a difficult debt situation, which continued to ...
News Cambodia Debt: Cambodia activist briefly detained after protest in shackles
Cambodian security forces on Tuesday briefly detained a Cambodian-American lawyer who is a prominent rights activist as she ...
News Cambodia Debt: Going under? Belt and Road megaprojects and sovereign debt in Laos
Along with a number of other countries who have embarked upon infrastructure and resource mega-projects under China’s Belt & Road Initiative, the Southeast Asian country of Laos is now experiencing ...
News Cambodia Debt: Duped Thai workers freed in Cambodia
More than 500 Thais who were duped into working illegally in Cambodia were rescued in December, and a woman has been arrested in Buri Ram for defrauding people of money paid to secure jobs in South ...