Case Studies

Evidence From the Field

A selection from our team's 50+ research projects delivered across Cambodia and the region since 2013 — spanning living income, labor, gender, climate, finance and tourism.

Some projects below predate AI-Asia's founding and were delivered by our team through BDLINK (Cambodia) Co., Ltd or L-IFT Myanmar Co., Ltd — the same fieldwork experience that AI-Asia now builds on.

Sustainability & ESG Living Income

Living Income Benchmarking for Smallholder Rice-Farming Households

Client: IBIS Rice · 2026

Methodology: Household data collection and analysis.

Scale: 411 surveys, 15 in-depth interviews, 10 key informant interviews.

Garment & Manufacturing Labor

Cambodia Wage Digitisation Research

Client: MFO / ILO / World Bank · 2021

Methodology: Field data collection across garment factories — workers, factory management and HR.

Scale: 450 worker surveys, 35 KII with factory management, 15 KII with factory HR managers.

Gender & Care

Household Care Time Study — Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

Client: Oxfam · 2024

Methodology: Time-use survey and focus group discussions, with policy review and recommendations.

Scale: 1,108 household surveys (385 full male/female/child sets), 4 FGDs, 4 in-depth interviews.

Agriculture Climate

Digital Financial Literacy & Climate-Smart Agriculture Adoption

Client: Australian Award Cambodia (AAC) and Tetra International · 2025

Methodology: Repeat cross-sectional household survey and key informant interviews.

Scale: 400 surveys, 4 KII — examining digital payments, climate change and food security.

Banking & Financial Inclusion

Dollarisation in Cambodia

Client: JICA / National Bank of Cambodia · 2017

Methodology: Nationwide survey and panel data collection across households and enterprises.

Scale: 4,000 household surveys, 1,600 enterprise surveys (MSMEs and large enterprises).

Development & Impact Tourism

Diagnostic of Informality in Cambodia — Tourism Industry

Client: ILO · 2024

Methodology: Policy review and recommendations, survey and focus group discussions with workers, employers and stakeholders.

Scale: 40 KII, 9 FGDs.

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