Cambodia

The Cambodia government is seeking $3 billion in Cambodia foreign direct investment to built power plants to handle the future increase in Cambodia energy needs according to the Bangkok Post.
The Cambodia government has identified China and Vietnam as key contributors to Cambodia FDI for the project to build a number of hydropower plants with a […]

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Watch this informative video highlighting the concern among ASEAN member countries over China’s economic dominance:

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that it will cancel $82 million in debt owed by the Cambodia government and the National Bank of Cambodia according to China View.
No specific reasons examples were given by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as to why such debt relieve was offered except that they encourage progress by […]

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The Cambodia Government continues to drive towards creating a Cambodia stock exchange that it believes will significantly help attract Cambodia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) according to Business Week.
The UN World Investment Report 2007 indices that only $483 million was attributed to Cambodia foreign direct investment (FDI) and the Cambodia government sees is neighbors such as […]

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Telekom Malaysia, fixed line operator, has announced that it will invest in Cambodia $150 million according to Reuters.
The Cambodia investment will go towards upgrading network capacity and adding 500 base transmitter stations into the Cambodia infrastructure.
The move by Telekom Malaysia invest in Cambodia shows continued Cambodia foreign direct investment (FDI) interest
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The Cambodia economy is seeing a rise in gasoline prices of 10 percent according to Xinhua News.
Rather than subsidize gasoline prices, the Cambodia government has decided to let gas prices adjust to market conditions regardless of their affects on the Cambodia economy.
Key drivers of the price increase are strong global demand, geopolitical concerns and Cambodian […]

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The Cambodia economy ranks 110th in global competitiveness according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008 study is conducted by the World Economic Forum and based its Cambodia economy competitiveness on the following criteria:

Institutions
Infrastructure
Macroeconomic stability
Health and primary education
Higher education and training
Goods market efficiency
Labor market efficiency
Financial markets sophistication technological readiness
Market size
Business sophistication
Innovation

For a […]

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The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand plans to invest in the Cambodia economy through development of a new coal-fired power plant according to the Bangkok Post.
The $4.5 billion project will allow Thailand to source 3,000 megawatts of energy and will continue to help the Cambodia economy with jobs and construction contracts.
China is likely to be […]

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