Cambodia Economic Updates

Dec 2024: From Recovery to Resilience - Harnessing Tourism and Trade as Drivers of Growth

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.1)

Special Focus: Structural, Firm, and Business Barriers to Labor Productivity

June 2024: Export Revival and Trade Shifts - Strengthening Cambodia’s Education System for Future Growth

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.2)

Special Focus: Strengthening Cambodia's Education System for Future Growth

Nov 2023: From Recovery To Reform

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.1)

Special Focus: Accelerating Structural Reforms to Boost Productivity and Competitiveness

May 2023: Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery 

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.1)

Special Focus:From Spending More to Spending Better : Toward Improved Human Development Outcomes has context menu

Dec 2022: NAVIGATING GLOBAL ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.1)

Special Focus: POVERTY AND DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF INFLATION IN CAMBODIA 

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June 2022: Cambodia’s Economy is Growing but Must Weather Oil Price Shock

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.5)

Special Focus: Post-pandemic supply chain disruptions: Strategies to reduce logistics costs

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Dec 2021: Living with COVID

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.16)

Special Focus: The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning and earning in Cambodia 

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June 2021: Road to Recovery

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Recent Economic developments and Outlook (p.16)

Special Focus: Government- to-Person (G2P) Payments for Social

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November 2020: Restrained Recovery

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Recent economic developments (p.14)

Outlook (p.36)

Special Focus: Apapting to COVID-19 in an Uncertain World 

May 2020: Cambodia in the Time of COVID-19

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.11)
Selected issue (p.35)
Teacher Accountability and Student Learning Outcomes

November 2019: Upgrading Cambodia in Global Value Chains

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Recent economic development and outlook (p.9)
Selected issue (p.33)
Upgrading Cambodia in Global Value Chains

May 2019: Cambodia Recent Economic Development and Outlook

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.9)
Selected issue (p.33)
Investing in Cambodia's Future: Early Childhood Health and Nutrition

October 2018: Cambodia Continues to Grow Despite Global Economic Challenges

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.9)
Selected issue (p.35)
Can Cambodia become an upper-middle income economy by 2030 and a high-income country by 2035?

April 2018: High Growth in Cambodia Expected to Continue

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.8)
Selected issue notes (p.35)
- Current state of jobs (p.36)
- Jobs of the future (p.41)
- Towards better and inclusive jobs (p.52)
- Key Indicators (p.55)

October 2017: Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.12)
Selected issue notes (p.41)
- Maximizing Tourism Potential (p.41)
- Industry performance (p.42)
- Tourism sector organization (p.46)
- Enabling environment (p.52)
- Policy and initiatives (p.53)

April 2017: Staying Competitive Through Improving Productivity

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.13)
Selected issue notes (p.39)
- Investing in Public Infrastructure and Services (p.39)
- Motivation (p.39)
- Public spending trends (p.40)
- Spending and allocation efficiency with regional comparisons (p.41)
- Public investment management (PIM) (p.44)

October 2016: Enhancing Export Competitiveness the Key to Cambodia’s Future Economic Success

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.6)
Selected issue notes (p.24)
- Cambodia's garment sector in perspective (p.24)
- Cambodia: Key indicators (p.41)

April 2016: Improving Macroeconomic and Financial Resilience

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.5)
Selected issue notes (p.26)
- Financial sector overview and trends (p.26)
- The banking sector (p.27)
- Microfinance sector (p.28)
- Insurance sector (p.30)

October 2015: Adapting to Stay Competitive

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.5)
Selected issue notes (p.24)
- Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Risks and Opportunities (p.24)

May 2015: Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.3)
Selected issue notes (p.18)
- Changes in Agriculture (p.18)
- Changes in farm budgets and farm profitability (p.55)
- Competitiveness of Cambodian farms (p.69)

April 2015: Maintaining High Growth

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.1)
Selected issue notes (p.18)
- Dollarization Issue: Advantages, Disadvantages and Ways Forward (p.18)

October 2014: Clear Skies

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.5)
Selected issue notes (p.21)
- Making the most of the Cambodian rice sector (p.21)
- Creating opportunities for firms (p.27)

April 2014: Coping with Domestic Pressures and Gaining from a Strengthened Global Economy

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.3)
- The size of the Cambodian civil service (p.13)
- The cost of the Cambodian civil service (p.14)
- Sectoral allocation of civil servants and of wage expenditure (p.14)
- Provincial versus central distribution of civil servants and budgets (p.15)
- The 2014 wage increase (p.17)

September 2013: Resilience Amidst a Challenging Environment

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Sections in this edition:

Recent economic development and outlook (p.6)
Selected issue notes (p.6)
- Rice production (p.7)
- Garments (p.8)
- Balance of payments (p.10)
- Exchange rate (p.18)