This year’s economic activity has been slower than previously anticipated due to emerging structural bottlenecks and continued external headwinds. This has prompted a sense of urgency to address the rising...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) developed and launched the Public Financial Management Reform Program (PFMRP) with a detailed, prioritized, and sequenced action plan in 2004. The PFMRP is a sector...
While recovering from Coronavirus (COVID-19),Cambodia’s economy is now facing global economic headwinds. The current account improved in the first half of 2022 as the trade deficit narrowed. Rising global...
While recovering from Coronavirus (COVID-19),Cambodia’s economy is now facing global economic headwinds. The current account improved in the first half of 2022 as the trade deficit narrowed. Rising global...
Cambodia is now weathering an oil price shock, just as the economy had started to recover amid a rollback of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related restrictions. Negative impacts of the oil price shock are amplified...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) developed and launched a public financial management reform program (PFMRP) in 2004. The reform consists of four platforms, namely: (1) improving budget credibility...
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has made a strong commitment to strengthening public service delivery through three interrelated public sector reform initiatives: Public Financial Management Reform...
Cambodia is now living with COVID-19. Since November 1, 2021, the authorities have relaxed travel restrictions, “reopening” the country for business while continuing to strictly enforce protective health...
The devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Cambodian economy—where the growth slowdown was among the most pronounced in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region—lies in the country’s growth generating...
This goal of this report is to identify cross-sectoral policy priorities that, when occurring simultaneously, will create more and better jobs in the context of global mega-trends.
After contracting by 3.1 percent in 2020, Cambodia’s economy has gradually recovered. The recovery is, however, uneven, partial, and volatile in part due to the re-introduction of a domestic lockdown...
After contracting by 3.1 percent in 2020, Cambodia’s economy has gradually recovered. The recovery is, however, uneven, partial, and volatile in part due to the re-introduction of a domestic lockdown...
Government accountability has become a global moral imperative. Governments over the world aim to continuously improve public service delivery, transparency, and accountability to respond to citizens’...
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has abruptly interrupted Cambodia’s celebrated growth story. The pandemic has effectively stalled the construction and real estate boom that relied heavily on...
The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has abruptly interrupted Cambodia’s celebrated growth story. The pandemic has effectively stalled the construction and real estate boom that relied heavily on...
The global epidemiological and economic crisis unleashed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) poses the greatest threat to Cambodia’s development in its 30 years of modern history. The three most affected sectors...
The global epidemiological and economic crisis unleashed by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) poses the greatest threat to Cambodia’s development in its 30 years of modern history. The three most affected sectors...
Cambodia’s economy continues to show signs of robust growth, underpinned by solid export performance and strong domestic demand. Key macroeconomic data for the first six-months, however, indicate a slight...
Cambodia has recorded both rapid economic growth and macroeconomic stability in recent decades despite (or thanks to) high levels of dollarization. Previous studies on dollarization in Cambodia have largely...
Preliminary estimates show real growth achieved a four-year high of 7.5 percent in 2018, compared to 7.0 percent in 2017. Driven primarily by rapid expansion of exports and robust internal demand, the...