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Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future »
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589064447.058
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
Cambodia's reconstruction and reform efforts have spanned almost 25 years following the Khmer Rouge period, which ended in 1979. Economic reforms began in earnest in the early 1990s, but reform efforts were beset b...

Back Matter »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
Cambodia's reconstruction and reform efforts have spanned almost 25 years following the Khmer Rouge period, which ended in 1979. Economic reforms began in earnest in the early 1990s, but reform efforts were beset b...

Front Matter »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
Cambodia's reconstruction and reform efforts have spanned almost 25 years following the Khmer Rouge period, which ended in 1979. Economic reforms began in earnest in the early 1990s, but reform efforts were beset b...

Chapter 2. Achieving Pro-Poor Growth in Cambodia »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
Growth has not been pro-poor in rural areas where the overwhelming majority of the poor live, and the poorest 50 percent of the population would be the main beneficiaries of an increase in rural incomes. Usi...

Chapter 10. Cambodia’s Accession to the WTO »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter reviews the various reforms that will be introduced in connection with Cambodia’s WTO accession. The large number of laws that are expected to be enacted by the National Assembly in the next few...

Chapter 3. Determinants of Growth in Cambodia and Other Low-Income Countries in Asia: Evidence from Country Panel Data »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter explores the determinants of long-term sustainable growth in Cambodia from a cross-country analysis of the sources of growth. Section A describes Cambodia’s recent economic growth performance an...

Chapter 6. Fiscal Developments and Challenges »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
Fiscal reform has been the cornerstone of Cambodia’s macroeconomic program since the restoration of political and economic stability in the late 1990s. Fiscal revenue improved, social spending was increased...

Chapter 5. Foreign Aid Flows and Foreign Direct Investment in Cambodia »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
When Cambodia embarked on its economic reconstruction in 1993, its physical infrastructure as well as human capital were nearly decimated by the decades-long civil war. With few domestic resources at its dis...

Chapter 4. Implications of the Removal of Quota on Textiles and Clothing Exports »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter examines the implications of the removal in 2005 of quotas under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) on the economies of low-income Asian countries (LIAs). 17...

Chapter 8. International Experience of De-Dollarization »
Source: Cambodia : Rebuilding for a Challenging Future
Series: IMF Special Issues
Author(s): Sumio Ishikawa , Sibel Beadle , Damien Eastman , Srobona Mitra , Alejandro Lopez Mejia , Wafa Abdelati , Koji Nakamura , Il Lee , Sònia Muñoz , Robert Hagemann , David Coe , and Nadia Rendak
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
ISBN: 9781589064447
Keywords: Development, court, law, exchange rate, dollarization, judicial reform
This chapter summarizes recent research by IMF staff on country experiences of de-dollarization. Section A describes recent global trends of increasing dollarization and the experience with price stability a...