Chinese Companies To Invest Billions In Cambodia
January 4th, 2013
Via The New York Times, a report on planned Chinese investment in Cambodia: Two Chinese companies have reached a deal to build a 400-kilometer rail line, a steel plant and a seaport in Cambodia, worth a combined $11.2 billion, in what would be by far the impoverished country’s biggest-ever investments. Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining […]
Read more »IMF: Cambodia Among Fastest-Growing Economies In 5 Years
October 10th, 2012
Via Asia News Network, a look at Cambodia’s expected economic growth: Cambodia is projected to be one of the fastest growing developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says. In its annual World Economic Outlook released yesterday, the IMF said that Cambodia was also expected to […]
Read more »Cambodia: A Maturing Frontier Market?
August 16th, 2012
Via Capitalist Exploits, some comments on Cambodia: With the Mongolian meet up now over, one of the countries we are going to hone in on is Cambodia. It’s a sleepy SE Asian “powerhouse-to-be” in our opinion. Unfortunately, the place gets a bad rep due to its past. Too many people hear Cambodia and think land […]
Read more »China May Fund Cambodia-Vietnam Rail
June 13th, 2012
Via the Phnom Phenh Post, a report that China may fund a Cambodia-Vietnam rail line. As the article notes: Cambodia was in discussions with the Chinese government on funding for a 250-kilometre stretch of rail line between Phnom Penh and Vietnam, in what Cambodian officials yesterday called a move away from a “complicated” Asian Development […]
Read more »Reviving Cambodia
June 4th, 2012
Via Leopard Capital, a look at how Cambodia’s investor-friendly government is trying to reverse decades of ruin: The pioneer spirit is still around. Namely, Leopard Capital and Dragon Capital, which have recently revealed fundraising efforts that include Cambodia. The fragile nation was decimated by the Khmer Rouge, who ruled by torture and mass extermination from […]
Read more »Cambodia: In Search Of Good Policies To Go With Good Economics
May 13th, 2012
Via the Emerging Frontiers blog, an article on Cambodia’s regulatory environment: Tiny Cambodia might seem like the most exciting place for business in Asia these days. Regulations are minimal and often non-existent. Income taxes are left simple. Returns on capital won’t get debased by the government, since the reigning currency is the U.S. dollar. Judging […]
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