Competitiveness ranking slips

5 September 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Anti-corruption / Banking and financial services / Economic policy and administration / Economy and commerce / Government
ACLEDA Bank / Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Association / Global Competitiveness Report / In Channy / Van Sou Ieng / World Economic Forum

A lack of innovation has contributed to Cambodia dropping seven spots on the World Economic Forum’s 2014-15 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), which was released on Wednesday.

The Kingdom ranked 95th out of 144 countries, down from 88th in the previous report, according to the GCR. Apart from Myanmar, Cambodia was the lowest ranked country in the region, with Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia all in the top 50. …

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