Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains

Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains

Growth remains robust, but is projected to ease slightly to 6.8 percent in 2017, comparedwith 7.0 percent in 2016. Exports of clothing and other textile products have moderated andthe construction sector is showing signs of easing. Offsetting decel...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Phnom Penh 2017
Subjects:
TOURISM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MANUFACTURING
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
POVERTY
EXTERNAL TRADE
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628341511277852360/Cambodia-economic-update-Cambodia-climbing-up-the-manufacturing-value-chains-October-2017
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spelling okr-10986-289292021-05-25T10:54:41Z Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains World Bank Group TOURISM ECONOMIC GROWTH MANUFACTURING STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION POVERTY EXTERNAL TRADE MONETARY POLICY FISCAL TRENDS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS Growth remains robust, but is projected to ease slightly to 6.8 percent in 2017, comparedwith 7.0 percent in 2016. Exports of clothing and other textile products have moderated andthe construction sector is showing signs of easing. Offsetting deceleration in the exports ofclothing and other textile products, is the rising share of non-textile product exports, especiallythe exports of electrical machinery, equipment and auto parts, attracted by improvedconnectivity and access to a more reliable energy supply. Efforts to increase tourism potentialseem to be paying off with a marked increase in the arrival of foreign tourists. Real growthis projected to remain strong, expanding at 6.9 percent in 2018. The medium-term outlookremains positive, boosted by export diversification and underpinned by healthy inflows offoreign direct investment (FDI) and an improving global outlook. A possible slowdown ofthe regional economy, especially China, and potential election-related uncertainties posedownside risks to the outlook. 2017-12-01T20:57:48Z 2017-12-01T20:57:48Z 2017-10 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628341511277852360/Cambodia-economic-update-Cambodia-climbing-up-the-manufacturing-value-chains-October-2017 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28929 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Phnom Penh Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Cambodia
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topic TOURISM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MANUFACTURING
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
POVERTY
EXTERNAL TRADE
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
spellingShingle TOURISM
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MANUFACTURING
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
POVERTY
EXTERNAL TRADE
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
World Bank Group
Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
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description Growth remains robust, but is projected to ease slightly to 6.8 percent in 2017, comparedwith 7.0 percent in 2016. Exports of clothing and other textile products have moderated andthe construction sector is showing signs of easing. Offsetting deceleration in the exports ofclothing and other textile products, is the rising share of non-textile product exports, especiallythe exports of electrical machinery, equipment and auto parts, attracted by improvedconnectivity and access to a more reliable energy supply. Efforts to increase tourism potentialseem to be paying off with a marked increase in the arrival of foreign tourists. Real growthis projected to remain strong, expanding at 6.9 percent in 2018. The medium-term outlookremains positive, boosted by export diversification and underpinned by healthy inflows offoreign direct investment (FDI) and an improving global outlook. A possible slowdown ofthe regional economy, especially China, and potential election-related uncertainties posedownside risks to the outlook.
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title Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
title_short Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
title_full Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
title_fullStr Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
title_full_unstemmed Cambodia Economic Update, October 2017 : Cambodia Climbing Up the Manufacturing Value Chains
title_sort cambodia economic update, october 2017 : cambodia climbing up the manufacturing value chains
publisher World Bank, Phnom Penh
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628341511277852360/Cambodia-economic-update-Cambodia-climbing-up-the-manufacturing-value-chains-October-2017
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