Cambodia's Development Strategy: Connecting Neighbors

Cambodia is a small country lying between two big neighbors, Thailand and Vietnam. During the era of isolation, it was completely closed, and the history of conflict and war among neighbors was outdated and finished. Cambodia has to implement a development strategy with peaceful development to integrate her economy into the region and the world with connectivity for the infrastructure, institutions, people, and others. This paper explores Cambodia’s development strategy with the focus on connectivity with her neighbors. With a clear-sighted and long-term development plan for regional connectivity, Cambodia will gain social, economic, and political benefits from its own efforts and regional development, at least from the spillover effects.

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