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Press Release: National Bank of Cambodia and United Nations Development Programme Sign MoU to Strengthen Cambodia’s Path toward a Resilient Financial System

Phnom Penh, 9 December 2025 – The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Cambodia signed a Memorandum of…

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Sovereign Forests, Sovereign Finance: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development in Cambodia

At a time when countries are racing to close the gap between climate ambition and fiscal reality, Cambodia’s commitment to conserve and expand its forest cover…

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Call for Project Proposal

UNDP invites local NGOs, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs), and Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) community groups working in the fields of natural resource…

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Climate Venture Scaler

Empowering climate-focused enterprises to become investment ready and scale their impact

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Publications
Clearing for Results Phase IV: Mine Action for Human Development (2020–2025)

Launched in 2020, Clearing for Results Phase IV has been the flagship platform supporting the Royal Government of Cambodia’s national goal of becoming mine-free…

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A Catalogue of Circular Solutions

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has been supporting the country on the pathway towards achieving the vision of the Circular Strategy on…

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Conducting a Complex Concerto: Lessons from Cambodia’s NDC 3.0 Development

UNDP will be there to support Cambodia on this journey, starting with the enhanced transparency effort through the NDC tracking system update, developing a…

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Cambodia Launches Third Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) to Accelerate Climate Action and Sustainable Development

Phnom Penh, 18 September 2025: The Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) today officially launched the Royal…

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UNDP’s Newly Appointed Resident Representative Mr Enrico Gaveglia Pledges Support for Cambodia Inclusive Development

Phnom Penh, 20 August 2025: The newly appointed Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to the Royal Government of Cambodia …

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Infographics of Cambodia 2025 Human Development Status

In Cambodia, the 2023 HDI value stands at 0.606, a modest rise from 0.602 in 2022, placing the country in the Medium Human Development category and ranking it…

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Joint Media Release: Cambodia Launches Monitoring and Evaluation Framework to Enhance Informal Economy Development

The Coordinating Committee on Informal Economy Development (CCIED), in collaboration with key development partners, launched the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)…

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Speeches
Launching Ceremony of the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the National Strategy on the Development of the Informal Economy 2023-2028

The M&E Framework, which is being launched today, will further strengthen the implementation of NSDIE. It provides us with the right tool to track progress,…

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What we do

UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP in Cambodia works in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, community-based organizations, multilateral aid agencies, bilateral donors and private firms. The overarching aim of UNDP is to support the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Retaining Women in Cambodia’s Workforce After LDC Graduation

The anticipated change associated with the transition from the LDC status, namely structural transformations, the loss of trade preferences, and changing labor market dynamics, will affect the most vulnerable social groups.

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UNDP Cambodia Gender Equality Strategy (2025 – 2029)

The UNDP Gender Equality Strategy goes “beyond piecemeal efforts towards portfolio approaches that shift power structures and the economic, social, and political systems that perpetuate discrimination.”

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Report on Youth Engagement in Cambodia’s Nationally Determined Contribution

UNDP has conducted an assessment of youth engagement in Cambodia’s NDC presented in this report and proposed a roadmap for a more youth-responsive and inclusive NDC 3.0.

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Open Up the World for Deaf People in Cambodia

UNDP is committed to the inclusion and empowerment of persons with disabilities, including the deaf, in line with the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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Prosthetic Limbs Bring New Hope to Life

Since 2006, the Clearing for Results Project supported the clearance and release of over 384 square kilometers of contaminated land for safe use and local development and provided physiotherapy services and prosthetics to 15,379 landmine survivors, including 804 women.

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Country Programme Document for Cambodia (2024-2028)

The country programme is aligned with key national priorities and policies, particularly Vision 2050, Pentagonal Strategy Phase 1, 2024-2028, and the new United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). In designing the programme, the country office undertook a series of analytical exercises including futures analysis and strategic foresight in consultations with government counterparts, civil society, the private sector, United Nations organizations, youth representatives, and international development partners.

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About Cambodia

16

Millions

Population (2019)

17.8

%

Poverty rate (2019)

2,345

USD

GDP per capita (2022)

0.600

HDI

Human Dev. Index (2022)

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