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MEF sounds warning bell over credit growth risk
The Ministry of Economy and Finance has raised concerns about the rapid growth of credit and real estate sectors, which it says could pose risks to Cambodia’s economic growth, while emphasising that policy measures were being taken to mitigate these risks. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mef-sounds-warning-bell-over-credit-growth-risk
Time to outgrow garment manufacturing, gov’t advisor says
As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) raises Cambodia’s profile as a member of one of the world’s largest trade zones, investors around the world are considering Cambodia as a gateway to the region and it should take advantage of this opportunity by diversifying its economic ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21466/time-to-outgrow-garment-manufacturing--gov---t-advisor-says/
Cambodia aims higher in manufacturing sector
After decades of solid growth driven by its garment industry, Cambodia is seeking to shift its economy into more sophisticated light manufacturing, such as electronics and auto-parts. Most of these manufacturers are Japanese and they are slowly coming online in Cambodia’s special economic zones, aiming ...
Daniel De Carteret, Chan Muyhong
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodia-aims-higher-in-manufacturing-sector/3184557.html
Agriculture decline to hit poor
The World Bank said last week that Cambodia will likely graduate to a lower-middle-income nation in 2015, on the back of sustained poverty alleviation, stable economic growth and progress made on reducing inequality between the rich and poor. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://bit.ly/1EiFYb3
Cambodia prepares for G20
If it were a Group of 180 nations meeting, Cambodia would be invited. But the Kingdom’s chances of attending the so-called G20 summit, which brings together the world’s largest economies, are unlikely, says Mey Kalyan, a government adviser who last week became the first Cambodian to ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051456136/Business/cambodia-prepares-for-g20.html
