1. Developed and shared by Kem Ley, Research Consultant 012 78 70 84 Kem_ley@yahoo.com ASEAN & Employment Status 28 April 2012

3. Source: ILO Report 2011

4.  Global Vulnerable Employment Rate is 50.1%  The share of workers living with families below 2US$ a day-poverty is estimated at around 39%  Global Poverty Rate is 20.7%  Asia Unemployment rate is 5.1% and Vulnerable Employment rate us 78.5%

5. Source: World Fact Book, CIA, 2011

6. Working age Pop15-64 8,864,000- 66% In the Labor Force 7,480,000- 56% Employed 7,469,000 -55% Unemployed 11,000 Not in the labor force 1,384,000 CSES 2009, MoP Employed : All persons who worked at least one hour during the reference period, the past seven days, or had a job/economic activity from which they were temporary absent are employed. Unpaid family workers are included in employed. Cambodia Employment Status Cambodia Total Household :2,841,897

7. Cambodia Employment Status  ASEAN Employment rate -1.0-7.9%  Cambodia Unemployment Rate is 1.68% (Census 2008)  Primary ( Agriculture): 72.3%  Secondary (Industry): 8.5%  Tertiary (Service): 19.2%  % of Migrant : 26.5% ( Census)  Income ( CSES 2009)  Self Employment :70%  Wage and Salary: 27%  Transfer Service: 2%  Other :1%  Expenditure (CESE 2009)  Food: 49%  Housing, Water, Electricity, Fuel: 19%  Health : 10%

8. Sample of Cambodian Employment through SME, Economic Census 2011 Core IndicatorsFindings 2011 # of Establishments(182,439 New establishments), Street business: 43,653) 505,134 Cambodia Owners98.9% 1 person engaged (%)44% 2 persons engaged (%)34.9% 5 persons engaged and over39,537 10 persons engaged and over13,170 100 persons engaged and over787 1000 persons engaged and over119 Total # of person engaged 1,676,263 Male650,179 Female (56.1%) 1,026,084 Tenure of business plan (owned)68.9% Tenure of business plan (Rented) 24%

9. Sample of Mining and Economic Land Concession as of 2011, World Fact book, CIA Core IndicatorsStatus Cambodia Total Surface Areas 17,650,913 Mining and Economic Land Concession (22%)3,936,481 Mining Concession1,900,311 Economic Land Concession2,035,170

10. Source: ASEAN Community in figures 2010

11. GDP at current market Prices (US$ mn) Source: ASEAN Community in figures 2010

13. Recommendations  Eliminate the informal payment for Investors, Entrepreneur and all businessman  National Employment Policy and Research/M&E System  Review mining and Economic Land Concession for Employment Conditions  SME Support Policy and Exemption System  Manage MFI with full packages-Technical Skills, Marketing Skills and Financial Management Skills  Increased salary and benefits for Public Officials  Develop and Enforcement Minimum Wage Policy Civil Servants  Factory Workers  Hotel, Restaurant Workers  Domestic Workers  Construction Workers  Others

14. Bibliographies  ASEAN, 2011, ASEAN statistic Leaflet, selected core indicators, ASEAN Foreign Investment Statistic, Database as of 6 July 2011; Country Submission  Ministry of Planning and Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Cambodia, 2010, Cambodia Health Demographic Survey, www.moh.gov.khwww.moh.gov.kh  Ministry of Planning. Royal Government of Cambodia, 2009, Cambodia Socio Economic Survey, www.mop.gov.kh, www.nis.gov.kh, www.db.ncdd.gov.khwww.mop.gov.khwww.nis.gov.khwww.db.ncdd.gov.kh  Ministry of Planning, RGC, 2008, Cambodia Demographic Census 2008  Ministry of Planning, RGC, 2011 Cambodia Economic Census, March 2011  ASEAN 2010, ASEAN Community in figures 2010  Google Analysis and Reports  ASEAN Phnom Penh Agenda, 2012  ASEAN Phnom Penh Declaration, 2012