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Designing a Fund to support energy efficiency

Cost-saving investments are of interest to all businesses; reducing greenhouse gas emissions are of interest to everyone. This blog post is part of a series that summarises our 2016 Pre-feasibility Study, conducted with Arup, of a Fund to support energy efficiency investments by Cambodian SMEs. Our research and analysis of possible energy efficiency solutions and their returns, as well as analysis of banking in Cambodia, determined that investing in EE solutions is profitable and that local banks do not lack...

April 4, 2020
By Business Consulting, Market Entry & Investment
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Estimating the Market Size for New Products

Quantifying the market size, and other demand factors, for new products and services is important for both firms and development partners. This blog post focuses on EMC work to identify key market segments, total demand and buying behaviour for a new ‘advanced cookstove’, introduced by SNV. However, this new product costs approximately twenty times more than the traditional cookstoves commonly available in local markets. So, for a successful introduction it was critical to understand how many consumers could afford such a product,...

March 26, 2020
By Business Consulting, Market Entry & Investment, Private Sector Development
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Kasikorn Business Matching – Modern Retail

AEC export opportunity: The World Business Team at Kasikorn Bank are running business matching for SME wishing to export to Thailand and AEC. Kasikorn Bank SME Matching Day A good opportunity for quality Cambodian, Laotian and Myanma exporters to meet major regional buyers.  The focus is on high growth retail segments... urban living, active lifestyle and modern diet.  60 business leaders in on and offline retail, distribution, real estate and hospitality, from 10 ASEAN countries. This is the 3rd mega matchup - it...

March 31, 2018
By Market Entry & Investment
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Bodia Nature

Bodia Nature Global Ambitions

Bodia Nature is a leading Cambodian Well Being brand, which counts France, China, Japan, Europe and America as key export markets. The French-Khmer brand was developed in 2006, with the ambition of producing 100 percent, all-natural beauty products in Cambodia.  In 2012, Bodia Nature worked with EMC, under the Export Market Access Fund (EMAF), to launch exports to Europe. Bodia Nature initially targeted France for 4 reasons  - rapidly rising online shopping, one of the largest cosmetics and wellbeing sectors in Europe, and a...

May 30, 2016
By Business Consulting, Market Entry & Investment, Private Sector Development
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What is a property bubble?

Our other post examines the current state of the Phnom Penh property market. This post explains what a bubble is and why property can behave differently from other asset classes. What is a bubble? A bubble is a situation where the price of something is higher than its fair (or intrinsic) value. That is, the price is above that supported by economic conditions (“fundamentals”). The fundamental value of an asset is the present value of all future cash flow that the asset...

May 24, 2016
By Economic Research, Market Entry & Investment
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Is there a bubble in Phnom Penh property?

In 2009–10, Phnom Penh property prices fell around 40% and did not recover until 2014. Are we in another property bubble, and what might trigger another crash? Boom town Real estate is booming in Phnom Penh. There are many new developments, and prices have increased significantly over recent years. Land prices in most central areas of Phnom Penh have doubled since 2010 – in Chroy Chang Va they have tripled. A large number of condominiums have been recently constructed and more are under...

May 24, 2016
By Economic Research, Market Entry & Investment
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cookstoves

Market Assessment – Cookstoves in Myanmar

A thorough market assessment is important - for firms and development partners alike - before launching any new product, service or campaign. In 2014, GERES’ StovePlus Programme officially launched their Switch-Asia funded project “Upscaling Improved Cookstove Dissemination in Myanmar.” In a country of 60 million people, where 70% of the population uses solid biomass for daily cooking needs, access to clean cooking energy is a high priority. Reducing biomass consumption through Improved Cookstoves (ICS) is one of the widely recognized measures taken...

February 21, 2016
By Market Development, Market Entry & Investment
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Thank You To Our Clients & Partners In 2015

A big thank you to all our clients and partners in 2015. Across all countries, we worked with over 42 organisations – many of them multiple times. We worked directly for the Governments of Lao PDR and Cambodia (Evaluation of Business Assistance Fund, and National Biodigester Program respectively). We undertook several projects for each of the major multilaterals; ADB, World Bank and the UN (ILO, UNICEF and WFP), in trade, ASEAN integration, private sector development and social research. We also worked...

February 3, 2016
By Economic Research, Evaluation Impact, Market Development, Market Entry & Investment, Private Sector Development, Strategy
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Accessing capital via financial modelling

Our first blog post explained the access to finance experienced by Private Water Operators in Cambodia. This second post details how our financial modelling and business planning helped 20 businesses overcome it. A more detailed description of our work and its success is in this World Bank report. Introduction Profitable businesses frequently lack access to finance to grow, whether that be investing in productive assets (fixed assets), or financing working capital and supply chains (inventory). Businesses in Cambodia, as in many other...

January 14, 2016
By Business Consulting, Market Entry & Investment
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Export Market Access Fund

Many small to medium-size enterprises do not have the minimum economies of scale to be competitive and to increase exports, as they cannot afford to add additional demand on their limited cash flows. Further, this prevents them from planning long-term market strategies and making necessary up-front investments to develop their export potential. Consequently, producers often do not actively cultivate export markets. In response to this challenge, EMC was contracted by the Royal Government of Cambodia to implement The Export Market Access...

February 21, 2014
By Market Entry & Investment, Private Sector Development
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