Rapid economic growth props up Cambodia’s strongman
Between 1995 and 2017 Cambodia grew at an average rate of 7.7%; gdp per person rose from $321 in 1994 to $1,137 in 2017, after accounting for inflation. Foreign money has flooded in and Cambodia’s economy, which war and the Khmers Rouges had destroyed, has quickly revived. In the decade to 2015 more than 1.6m jobs were created in construction, garment-making and the hotel business, reckons Miguel Eduardo Sanchez Martin of the World Bank. …
The Economist
https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/04/20/rapid-economic-growth-props-up-cambodias-strongman
