The Asia Foundation
In Cambodia, culture shapes identity, spurs economic growth
- 12 February 2014
- The Asia Foundation
- Economic policy and administration / Government / International relations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts
- Asian Art Museum / Brayton Wilbur Jr. Fellow in Asian Art / Institute of East Asian Studies / Kong Vireak / Legion of Honor / Metropolitan Museum of Art / Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts / National Museum / New York City / San Francisco Bay Area / The Asia Foundation / United Nations / University of California / US
Last year, the United Nations called for culture to be given top priority in the post-2015 global development agenda, citing its importance to economic growth, social inclusion, equality, and sustainable development. It is difficult to quantify the impact culture has on a nation, particularly for a developing ...
Julia Chen
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2014/02/12/in-cambodia-culture-shapes-identity-spurs-economic-growth/
Cambodia’s Small Businesses Serve as Backbone of Sustainable Economy
- 15 May 2013
- The Asia Foundation
- Banking and financial services / Economy and commerce / Exports / Labor / Trade
- agricultural industry / Asia Foundation / Australian Agency for International Development / banking services / Banks / business / business development / Cambodia Economic Census / Cambodian GDP growth / Danish International Development Agency / economic / economic crisis / Economic Development / Economic growth / Enterprises / export growth / FDI / financial records / foreign direct investment / Fourth Legislature of the National Assembly (2008-2013) / garment / Garment Industry / GDP / GDP growth / Global Economic Crisis / Gross Domestic Product / Hun Sen / import-export firms / industrial sector / industry / job creation / Khut Inserey / loans / low income country / lower middle income country / Micro-Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises / mine / Mineral industry / Ministry of Industry / Ministry of Industry Mine and Energy / Monetary Financial Institutions / MSMEs / National Institute of Statistics (NIS) / New Zealand Aid Programme / NIS / Prime Minister Hun Sen / private sector / private sector development / Rectangular Strategy Phase II / Royal Government / Skills Shortage / small and medium-sized enterprises / SMEs / Socio-economic Policy Agenda / tax collection / Taxes / The Asia Foundation / The Asia Foundation Senior Program Officer in Cambodia / Tourism / U.S. Agency for International Development
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced in late March that the nation was on target to move from the status of a low-income to a lower-middle-income nation by the end of 2013, ranking it the 15th country that obtained high economic growth in the world in the ...
Cambodia Must Up its Game in Rice Exports
- 2 May 2013
- The Asia Foundation
- Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economy and commerce / Rice / Social development / The poor
- agricultural sector / AusAid / Cambodia Agricultural Value Chain / CAVAC / Commercial banks / Dr. Hang Chuon Naron / EU markets / fertilizers / GDP / insecticides / irrigation canals / Kampong Thom / Kampot / Laos / loan portfolios / Milled Rice / Ministriy of Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery / Ministry of Commerce / Ministry of Economy and Finance / Ministry of Economy and Finance Dr. Hang Chuon Naron / Ministry of Water Resources Management / paddy rice / paddy rice production / petroleum products / Policy Paper on Paddy Production and Rice Export / rice export sector / Rice Policy / Sihanoukville Port / Takeo / Thailand / The Asia Foundation / The Philippines / transportation infrastructure
Cambodia announced two major bilateral trade agreements last month, with the Philippines and Thailand, that are expected to further expand the country’s rice export sector. Over the last few years, Cambodia has emerged as a major rice exporter in the region, due in large part ...
http://asiafoundation.org/in-asia/2013/05/01/cambodia-must-up-its-game-in-rice-exports/
