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US Gives Money To Boost Economic Performance
The US provided $7.79 million to the government Wednesday to aid economic growth performance, as international institutions have warned of a shrinking economy. The funds will be used to expand USAID’s program for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, which seeks to alleviate poverty by increasing productivity of family businesses. The program has helped some 3,000 … Continue reading
Micro-Loans Decreasing in Slow Economy
Outstanding debt for microfinance loans dipped slightly in the first half of the year, with less people borrowing in a slow economy, according to a national group of microfinance lenders. Outstanding loans were down at least $20 million for the first half of 2009, the first-ever decrease in nearly a decade, according to the Cambodian … Continue reading
Commercial banks loan to small enterprises
Cambodia commercial banks are playing an important role in providing loans for Cambodia’s small and medium enterprises to drive the economic growth, but small enterprises lack the formal financial support to expand their business, it is because the banking and financing sector do not access the remote rural areas. According to studies, there are around … Continue reading
SMEs need to access financing
Due to the effect of the global economic slowdown, the large-scale investments in Cambodia are slowing down. It is hopeful that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in improving economic development and creating sustainable employment and income, said Cham Prasidh, Ministry of Commerce, at the Tuesday’s meeting in Phnom Penh. The meeting … Continue reading
Banking on an economic crisis
EXACTLY one year after the subprime mortgage crisis first hit in the United States in July 2007, Cambodia’s central bank took measures to reduce liquidity in its undeveloped financial system by doubling reserve requirements from 8 percent to 16 percent. This move showed Phnom Penh was clearly out of sync with the world’s major financial … Continue reading
SMEs key to growth
CAMBODIAN economists and trade officials have urged the government to focus on small and medium-sized entreprises rather than foreign investment to boost the economy during the global downturn. “Only small and medium-sized enterprises can be used as a tool to boost our growth,” said Kang Chandararot, director of the Cambodia Institute for Development Study. He … Continue reading
