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dc.contributor.authorHughes, Caroline*
dc.contributor.authorUn, K.*
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-30T15:58:22Z
dc.date.available2014-04-30T15:58:22Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationHughes C and Un K (Eds.) (2011) Cambodia's Economic Transformation. Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. Copenhagen: Nias Press.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/6271
dc.description.abstractThis is the first book on the transformations wrought by Cambodia's 2002-08 economic boom. It explores the impact of the boom on governance, economic structure, and opportunities for the poor. It provides new insights into the relationship between economic growth and political stability in post-conflict societies. It is a cross-disciplinary study involving Cambodian and foreign scholars. From 2002, Cambodia underwent a visible economic transformation driven largely by such external factors as increased Chinese demand for primary commodities and a strong international demand for Cambodian garments. Apart from dramatic rates of economic growth, the boom involved the disappearance of forests and the decline of logging, the inflow of Chinese investment and the rise of indigenous capital, and the increased significance of remittances from garment workers and labour migrants. In addition, the impact of government policies on land registration and concessions transformed relations of production and, with them, the socio-economic and political environment in rural and urban Cambodia. "Cambodia's Economic Transformation" examines the political economy of the Cambodian boom, analysing the changing structure of the economy, the relationship between state and market, and outcomes for the poor. Not least, it focuses the role of the state in facilitating and controlling the market, and the way that this has affected the life chances of the poor. In so doing, it situates Cambodian experience within key debates in the wider political economy of Eastern Asia, scrutinizing the relationship between class formation, structures of governance and resource distribution.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttp://www.niaspress.dk/books/cambodias-economic-tranformation
dc.subjectCambodiaen_US
dc.subject; Economic transformationen_US
dc.subject; International exportsen_US
dc.subject; Socio-economic environmenten_US
dc.subject; Political environmenten_US
dc.subject; Economic growthen_US
dc.subject; Pooren_US
dc.titleCambodia's Economic Transformationen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.type.versionNo full-text in the repositoryen_US


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