Cambodia International Political Economy

The Cambodian economy shed as many as twenty thousand garment worker jobs in 2009 according to AFP.

The key driver to the decline in garment employment in the Cambodian economy is a result of the closer of 77 factories as global demand waned due to the global recession.

The US is the largest importer of Cambodia made garments so the Cambodia government has made a pledge to attract Asian and European interest to help diversity sources of demand generation.