Cambodia - Sustaining Rapid Growth in a Challenging Environment : Country Economic Memorandum

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 275.96 Christianity in Asia Christian church in Asia
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 305656
• Chủ đề: 1. ADVANCED COUNTRIES; 2. ADVERSE IMPACT; 3. AGRICULTURE; 4. ARABLE LAND; 5. ASSETS

Tóm tắt

 Many countries succeed in generating high economic growth at some point in their history. But only a very few manage to sustain rapid growth for an extended period. Only such a prolonged period of rapid growth can have a significant impact on income per capita, and such an impact often brings with it many other important changes to people's lives. Cambodia has more than doubled its income per capita over the past decade, from US85 in 1997 to US93 in 2007. This doubling has been accompanied by the trappings of a profound structural transformation: integration into the global economy
  a shift of jobs from agriculture to manufacturing
  a demographic transition
  and migration from rural to urban areas. Translating into jobs and better services, these outcomes have led to a significant reduction in poverty, as well as improvements in health and education. This report aims to contribute to policymakers' and citizens' thinking about growth in Cambodia in three ways: (i) it reviews the experience of the past decade and draws the Cambodia-specific lessons of this period
  (ii) it sketches the major potential sources of growth with the aim of assessing the barriers to growth
  and (iii) it outlines policy options for addressing these barriers.