Infrastructure spending rises

Between 2008 and 2012, Cambodia’s spending on public infrastructure amounted to about US$2.5 billion — a sum an opposition politician says is too low and is ineffectively put to use. In his opening remarks at the seventh Cambodia Outlook Conference, Prime Minister Hun Sen said public investment on physical infrastructure totalled 9,852 billion riel ($2.5 billion) between 2008 and 2012. Transport, irrigation and electricity spending accounted for 6,821 billion riel, 2,251 billion riel and 780 billion riel, respectively. The premier said that during the four-year period, public investment on transport had risen from 850 billion to 1,851 billion riel, irrigation investment from 201 billion to 650 billion riel and electricity investment from 128 billion to 327 billion riel. …

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