Economy and commerce

Open Development Vietnam recently published the Vietnam digital transformation agenda, describing the country’s progress in digitalization. Vietnam focuses on three strategic pillars of digital government, digital economy, and digital society – each has been analyzed with pros and cons.  Read more ...

Open Development Mekong recently published a page on “Drivers of Foreign Investment in Cambodia.”  Over the past decade, Cambodia has recorded an average real growth rate of 7.7%. Reaching lower middle-income status in 2015, Cambodia’s economy remains one of the fastest-growing economies globally. Foreign direct investment ...

Open Development Myanmar has just published a Quarterly Financial Statistics Bulletin 2016 (Volume 1) and a Myanmar Census Atlas .The Quarterly Financial Statistics Bulletin 2016 includes Major Economic Indicators, Monetary Statistics, Financial Market Statistics, Insurance, Interest Rates, Consumer Price Index. The Atlas attempts to present a broader picture of the population ...

Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new online resource on “agreement” documents in both Khmer and English on their Laws, policies and agreements page, expanding the scope of the existing law compendium. By accessing this page, you will be able to find many useful ...

Open Development Cambodia  has published a briefing with data visualizations on Cambodia’s budget and public procurement. In the last three years, Cambodia’s national budget has seen significant growth of around US$ 1.6 billion, from US$ 3.4 billion in 20141 to US$ 5 billion in 2017.2 This is ...

Open Development Mekong has published an interactive map visualizing 472 Chinese financial aid projects in the Lower Mekong countries.The data visualized in this map is extracted from a sub-nationally georeferenced dataset of Chinese official finance activities between 2000 and 2014 in three ecologically sensitive regions — ...