Report No. 27925-KH
Seizing the Global Opportunity: Investment Climate Assessment and Reform Strategy
(2.98mb pdf)
August 12, 2004.
This report has been accepted as a key input to Cambodia’s private sector development strategy following extensive consultations with the Royal Government of Cambodia, its development partners, and the private sector. It was prepared to help these stakeholders identify and prioritize policy reforms to achieve three related objectives: to enable the private sector to lead growth, to help diversify the economy, and to increase the role of the private sector in public service delivery. The report takes as its starting point Cambodia’s pro-poor trade strategy, which recognizes that as a small country, exports are critical to expanding job opportunities. However, Cambodia’s policymakers are aware that the export opportunities cannot be captured if firms face an uncompetitive domestic business environment. The report employs an investment climate survey of 800 urban, rural, and informal firms to identify how the policy and institutional environment impacts individual firms, and benchmarks the responses of Cambodian firms with those in China, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
 Download the Report (2.98mb pdf) Prepared for the Royal Cambodian Government by the World Bank Group.
Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit,
Financial and Private Sector Development Unit,
East Asia and Pacific Region. More information:
Cambodia Needs Decisive Reforms to Capitalize on WTO Accession, Attract Investment (Press Release), August 12, 2004.
Report: Cambodia Must Tackle Corruption to Improve Economy (Press Release), August 11, 2004.
Opening Remarks by H.E. Keat Chhon, Sr. Minister of Finance and Economy, August 12, 2004. (324kb pdf)
Keynote Speech by H.E. Cham Prasidh, Sr. Minister of Commerce, August 12, 2004. (479kb pdf)
Speech by H.E. Suy Sem, Minister of Industry, Mines, and Energy, August 12, 2004.(142kb pdf) |
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