Transaction costs: Saving time and money

ambodia’s 700,000 garment workers are among those most affected by exchange-rate costs. Their monthly salaries are paid in US dollars, but most of their daily transactions are in riels. Moreover, because they send – on average – about 30 percent of their salaries back to their villages, the families they help support also bear the burden of exchange rate losses. …

Khmer Times
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