World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

This bulletin provides information on price changes for the most commonly consumed staples and their potential impacts on the cost of the basic food basket.

WFP Cambodia’s Food Price and Wage Bulletin monitors the price of food commodities and wage rates of unskilled laborers on a monthly basis. The Bulletin aims to detect changes and identify trends in the food purchasing power of vulnerable households in Cambodia.

WFP Cambodia’s Food Price and Wage Bulletin monitors the price of food commodities and wage rates of unskilled laborers on a monthly basis. The Bulletin aims to detect changes and identify trends in the food purchasing power of vulnerable households in Cambodia.

WFP Cambodia’s Food Price and Wage Bulletin monitors the price of food commodities and wage rates of unskilled laborers on a monthly basis. The Bulletin aims to detect changes and identify trends in the food purchasing power of vulnerable households in Cambodia.

This report is an assessment of rural food markets in Cambodia as part of a feasibility study for cash and voucher programmes in Cambodia. Secondary analysis of is complemented by primary data analysis based on a market survey conducted in August/September 2010.

Cambodia in 2008 experienced rising prices, like many other countries, especially of fuels and food, pushing year-on-year inflation above 20 percent during March–August. Food prices increased by 36.8 percent and transportation and housing materials.