Benefiting from the Digital Economy : Cambodia Policy Note
While Cambodia has achieved stellar growth and poverty reduction over the last two decades, the next wave of growth is anticipated to come from increasing value-added as well as nurturing new sectors such as the Digital Economy. Over the past two d...
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okr-10986-309262021-05-25T09:20:00Z Benefiting from the Digital Economy : Cambodia Policy Note Beschorner, Natasha Neumann, James Sanchez Martin, Miguel Eduardo Larson, Bradley DIGITAL ECONOMY BROADBAND E-GOVERNMENT CIVIL REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION REGULATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK DIGITAL DIVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY While Cambodia has achieved stellar growth and poverty reduction over the last two decades, the next wave of growth is anticipated to come from increasing value-added as well as nurturing new sectors such as the Digital Economy. Over the past two decades, facilitated by preferential trade treatment and strong foreign direct investment inflows, growth and job creation have been taking place in activities with relatively limited value added, such as garment manufacturing, rice cropping, and construction. In recent years, Cambodian authorities have issued several policy documents relevant to digital development. Overall, the objectives and high-level program goals are generally consistent with international good practice, and envisage partnerships between the Government and the private sector at multiple levels. The Rectangular Strategy Phase III 2013-2018 highlights the need to further develop e-Government and encourage the private sector to invest in technology. This was followed in 2014 by the approval of the Cambodia ICT Master Plan 2020 which aims to improve ICT industry and human resources development, internet connectivity, cybersecurity, and government e-services—and in 2016 by the Telecoms and ICT Policy which outlines policy measures and associated targets to expand ICT infrastructure and develop ICT human capacity. In addition, a draft Cambodia e-Government Master Plan 2017-2022 has been drafted, although not yet adopted. The draft outlines programs to provide quality information and digital services, in collaboration with prospective beneficiaries; connect with people on public policies and decisions, in particular through social media; and increase government efficiency by establishing basic foundations for digital government (e.g. cloud, enterprise architecture, intensive staff capacity building) and a government portal on which ministries can host their services. Numerous institutions across Government are tasked with the implementation of these policies and strategies. This policy note responds to a request from the Royal Government of Cambodia for the World Bank to assess the current state of its Digital Economy and identify policies to further develop it.The Policy Note applies the analytical framework presented in the World Bank’s World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends, to identify challenges and suitable policy options, and it is intended to inform the preparation of the upcoming Rectangular Strategy Phase IV (2018—2023). 2018-12-03T21:37:33Z 2018-12-03T21:37:33Z 2018-07 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/100841543598854492/Benefiting-from-the-Digital-Economy-Cambodia-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30926 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Notes Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Cambodia |
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DIGITAL ECONOMY BROADBAND E-GOVERNMENT CIVIL REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION REGULATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK DIGITAL DIVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY |
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DIGITAL ECONOMY BROADBAND E-GOVERNMENT CIVIL REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION REGULATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK DIGITAL DIVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Beschorner, Natasha Neumann, James Sanchez Martin, Miguel Eduardo Larson, Bradley Benefiting from the Digital Economy : Cambodia Policy Note |
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While Cambodia has achieved stellar
growth and poverty reduction over the last two decades, the
next wave of growth is anticipated to come from increasing
value-added as well as nurturing new sectors such as the
Digital Economy. Over the past two decades, facilitated by
preferential trade treatment and strong foreign direct
investment inflows, growth and job creation have been taking
place in activities with relatively limited value added,
such as garment manufacturing, rice cropping, and
construction. In recent years, Cambodian authorities have
issued several policy documents relevant to digital
development. Overall, the objectives and high-level program
goals are generally consistent with international good
practice, and envisage partnerships between the Government
and the private sector at multiple levels. The Rectangular
Strategy Phase III 2013-2018 highlights the need to further
develop e-Government and encourage the private sector to
invest in technology. This was followed in 2014 by the
approval of the Cambodia ICT Master Plan 2020 which aims to
improve ICT industry and human resources development,
internet connectivity, cybersecurity, and government
e-services—and in 2016 by the Telecoms and ICT Policy which
outlines policy measures and associated targets to expand
ICT infrastructure and develop ICT human capacity. In
addition, a draft Cambodia e-Government Master Plan
2017-2022 has been drafted, although not yet adopted. The
draft outlines programs to provide quality information and
digital services, in collaboration with prospective
beneficiaries; connect with people on public policies and
decisions, in particular through social media; and increase
government efficiency by establishing basic foundations for
digital government (e.g. cloud, enterprise architecture,
intensive staff capacity building) and a government portal
on which ministries can host their services. Numerous
institutions across Government are tasked with the
implementation of these policies and strategies. This policy
note responds to a request from the Royal Government of
Cambodia for the World Bank to assess the current state of
its Digital Economy and identify policies to further develop
it.The Policy Note applies the analytical framework
presented in the World Bank’s World Development Report 2016:
Digital Dividends, to identify challenges and suitable
policy options, and it is intended to inform the preparation
of the upcoming Rectangular Strategy Phase IV (2018—2023). |
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Beschorner, Natasha Neumann, James Sanchez Martin, Miguel Eduardo Larson, Bradley |
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Beschorner, Natasha Neumann, James Sanchez Martin, Miguel Eduardo Larson, Bradley |
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Benefiting from the Digital Economy : Cambodia Policy Note |
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Benefiting from the Digital Economy : Cambodia Policy Note |
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benefiting from the digital economy : cambodia policy note |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2018 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/100841543598854492/Benefiting-from-the-Digital-Economy-Cambodia-Policy-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30926 |
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