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The Thanh Hoa Bamboo Impact Assessment Report
The first impact study of the Thanh Hoa supply chain development project investigated the introduction of supply chain interventions in bamboo processing on household income and poverty levels. It ... more...



The Business Registration Campaign
As a follow up to the introduction of an SAP for business registration, MPDF helped develop a communication campaign targeted at Bac Ninh’s approximately 54,000 informal household enterprises located ... more...



Cambodia Microfinance Summit: Reaching New Heights
MPDF was instrumental in helping the National Bank of Cambodia host a summit on the future of microfinance in Cambodia. Its objective was to disseminate the importance of microfinance to local ... more...



Handbook on Export Procedures published
This handbook provides clear and concise information on government export procedures in a user-friendly format suited to SMEs with little export experience. These include the procedures at the five ... more...



Stay another day in Cambodia
An event held in Phnom Penh on 22 January 2007, has launched a unique tourist publication. Called Stay another Day Cambodia, this 84-page booklet features the products and services of 40 ... more...



New study shows that management training can significantly improve garment supervisors’ practices and factory performance
A report released in a Phnom Penh seminar on 26 October 2006 shows that training in management skills can significantly improve garment supervisors’ practices and factory performance in Cambodia’s ... more...



Pilot Bamboo Supply Chain Project Shows Promising Results
MPDF’s bamboo supply chain development project in Thanh Hoa Province in Vietnam is showing promising results after the 20 month pilot which ended in September 2006, and support may now be extended ... more...



MPDF Benchmarks Provincial Business Environment in Cambodia
In March 2006, MPDF launched an initiative that could significantly improve the business environment at the provincial level. For the next three years, an annual survey of business owners will ... more...



Doing Business 2007: How to Reform
This year’s report focuses on reform, updates indicators developed in the three preceding reports and covers 20 additional economies. The report presents quantitative indicators on business ... more...



Vietnam: A Model for Improving the Local Business Environment
IFC and the World Bank's Doing Business 2006 report cited Vietnam as one of the world's top reformers of business regulation, citing government efforts on a number of policies and regulations that ... more...

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