http://khmerian.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:22:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://khmerian.com/2011/02/little-information-known-about-oil-gas-survey/ http://khmerian.com/2011/02/little-information-known-about-oil-gas-survey/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:52:58 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/little-information-known-about-oil-gas-survey/ Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2011/02/little-information-known-about-oil-gas-survey/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2010/07/explaining-spending-oil-and-gas-revenues-remained-unclear/ http://khmerian.com/2010/07/explaining-spending-oil-and-gas-revenues-remained-unclear/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:17:36 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=1006 Concerns over the management of oil and gas revenues by public and opposition parties, so far, there are 23 companies having been awarded rights to explore for oil and gas in Cambodia’s offshore but not all of them are operating. By the way, the public expressed worried about the Cambodia’s management of its natural resources … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2010/07/explaining-spending-oil-and-gas-revenues-remained-unclear/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/ http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:36:26 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=679 The flows of oil revenues are quite complex. This note presents the results of two hypothetical simulations — one a progressive production sharing regime and the other regressive – to illustrate qualitatively how they affect the amount and timing of government revenue and investors’ profits. Briefing Notes 7 and 8 [1,2] gave an overview of … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-3/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-2/ http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-2/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:53 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=636 Petroleum contracts are long and complex. Production sharing agreements, the type of contracts being signed in Cambodia, are no exception. However, they are important to the country’s future economic and development options and hence it would be helpful if the public had a basic understanding of how these contracts work and, in particular, how government … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/07/contracts-for-petroleum-development-part-2/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:42:22 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=541 TA dedicated website, appointment of a former Minister of Finance as the overall coordinator, a petroleum law requiring revenue disclosure, and a decree establishing a multi-stakeholder committee are some of the ways that the countries that have endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) principles are implementing EITI. This briefing note, the second in a … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:53:12 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=420 Twenty-seven countries are at various stages of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One of the earliest implementers, Nigeria, estimates that EITI helped increase petroleum revenues to the government by US$ 1 billion in 2004 and 2005. This note reviews the EITI implementation and related experience of some countries, focusing primarily on actions taken … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:31:14 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=413 Many resource-rich countries have fallen prey to the natural resource curse [1]. But a handful of developing countries have managed to escape it. This note examines four resource-rich countries and the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 1970s. One, Nigeria, is a well-publicized case of oil wealth impoverishing rather than enriching the … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:52:09 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=393 Founded on the belief that promoting revenue transparency in resource-rich countries is one of the fundamental building blocks for sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [1] was launched in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. EITI aims to improve governance in oil, gas, and minerals-rich … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:53:40 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=373 The impending development of off shore oil fields discovered in Cambodia’s territorial waters, and continuing onshore exploration, may herald big changes to the country’s economy. A joint ADB and World Bank Oil and Gas Mission visited Cambodia recently. During their visit the World Bank Newsletter had the opportunity to interview Ms Masami Kojima, Lead Energy … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/oil-resource-holds-hope-for-cambodia%e2%80%99s-future-wealth/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:31:34 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=366 The announcement of Cambodia’s first significant petroleum discovery in January 2005 has put Cambodia on a path to becoming a new oil producer. The world petroleum industry has a long history and oil has not always benefited people in the countries where it is discovered for reasons not always easy to understand. This is the … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/introduction-to-oil-and-gas/feed/ 0