What can be done to ensure Cambodia’s economy is on the right path? I would say that if Cambodia’s economy can find things that it can export, aside from garments and aside from shoes, something that is high value and you are paid more money in order to produce them, then that is how we develop the economy. The economy is not going to develop by selling your land to people. You have just sold your asset to someone. And of course, infrastructure is important. In many ways, you assume that having high buildings means development, but there is also human resources where you have to build up peoples capability. If people do not know how to produce things because schooling is bad or you have to pay to go to school, then you lose a generation of people who could change the economy and who could do so much more. I always say it is very sad because in Cambodia, if people were less greedy with respect to corruption, Cambodia would be rich and everyone would be so much better off as a result. But unfortunately, people have a short-term view of things. Development should be what? What is the wealth of the nation? It is the people. It doesn’t matter if you have all these buildings, but the people have no education, no good health and no opportunity. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:59:02 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015