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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463683503321

Titolo

Cambodia : entering a new phase of growth / / Olaf Unteroberdoerster, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4755-6298-5

1-4843-0792-5

1-4755-3255-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (162 p.)

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development - Cambodia

Fiscal policy - Cambodia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Cambodia Entering a New Phase of Growth; PART I: AN ECONOMY AT A CROSSROADS; 2 How Fast Can Cambodia Grow? Assessing Key Drivers; 3 Asia's Most Dollarized Economy: Causes and Consequences; 4 Cambodia's Banking Sector: Are More Banks Always Better?; 5 What Can Go Wrong? Shifting Vulnerabilities as Asia Rebalances; PART II: NEW POLICIES FOR BROADER-BASED GROWTH; 6 First Things First: Creating and Safeguarding Fiscal Space; 7 Raising Funds for the Future: The Case for an Integrated Revenue Mobilization Strategy

8 Can the Riel Prosper? Welding Financial Development and Dedollarization9 Modernizing Supervision in Support of Stable Financial Development; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Cambodia is poised to join a new generation of Asian frontier economies transitioning from low-income to emerging-market. But the path to greater and more shared prosperity requires a solid foundation of sound macroeconomic policies, enabling new growth drivers,



tackling a highly dollarized and fragmented financial system, and creating more fiscal policy space to help meet Cambodia's vast development needs. This book first takes a closer look at the key economic challenges Cambodia faces at the current juncture, highlighting Cambodia's structural and financial constraints to growth as well as