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V. AID FOR TRADE 
(1) OVERVIEW  
1. Cambodia was the first LDC to complete nego tiations for accession to the WTO, one of the 
original three pilot countries under the Integrated Fr amework, the first to complete successfully the 
preparation of its original DTIS, the first to update its original DTIS with a follow-up study (2007), 
and one of the first to submit successfully an EIF Tier 1 proposal (October 2009).   
2. To accelerate the pace of internal reform, incr ease domestic and foreign investment, expand 
trade, as well as better coordinate the assistance provided, Cambodia has put in place a sector-wide 
approach (SWAp) to trade. The Trade SWAp seeks  to implement the objectives of the Diagnostic 
Trade Integration Study 2007 (DTIS 2007) and has th ree pillars:  (i) legal reform and cross-cutting 
issues; (ii) product and services export sector development; and (iii) capacity development for trade policy and aid-for-trade management. The Trade SW Ap serves as Cambodia's aid-for-trade strategy. 
Implementation is on-going but hampered, at times,  by the limited institutional and human resource 
capacities of the implementing Government agencies.  
3. With technical support from development part ners, Cambodia has made significant progress 
in the areas of customs reform and trade facilitation,  legal reform (including WTO legal compliance), 
and export supply capacity.  More remains to be  done, especially to put in place a TBT and SPS 
infrastructure that can support exporters, to complete  some unfinished legal reforms, to consolidate 
the diversification of the country’s  export supply, and to strengthen the Government’s capacity to lead 
the formulation and management of trade policy. 
4. According to the OECD Creditor Reporting Syst em Database, annual commitments in trade-
related-aid flows to Cambodia were US$195
1 million on average during 2002-05; US$202 million in 
2006; US$186 million in 2007;  US$278 million in 2008;  and US$221 million in 2009. Recorded 
disbursements were US$116 million in 2006; US$144 million in 2007; US$146 million in 2008;  and 
US$137 million in 2009.  Largest receiving sectors ha ve been transport and storage; energy; and 
agriculture. Tourism's share has be en falling, while fishing and in dustry have been growing (although 
figures for industry declined in 2009 after an upward trend). 
(2) ENHANCED INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK (EIF) 
5. Cambodia has been a beneficiary of the Integrated Framework/Enhanced Integrated 
Framework since 2001.  The country's first Diagnostic  Trade Integration Study (DTIS) was validated 
in November 2001.  A second-generation DTIS was pr epared in 2007 by a team of consultants under 
the guidance of the MoC and with multi-donor support under the leadership of the MoC-UNDP 
Trade-Related Assistance for Development and Equity  (TRADE) project, partly financed by IF Trust 
Fund (IFTF) Window II.2 
6. Cambodia has benefited from two projects funded by the old IF Window II facility:  
(i) Capacity-building for pro-poor trade reform (ended in 2003); and (ii) 'TRADE', co-funded by 
UNDP and completed in 2010.  Cambodia's EIF Tr ust Fund (EIFTF) Tier 1 project is being 
implemented by the Department of International Co operation (DICO).  It seeks to strengthen the in-
country EIF arrangements in order to increase Ca mbodia's ownership of trade-related technical 
assistance (TRTA) and to maximize the benefits that the country, in particular the private sector, can 
                                                      
1 All figures in this paragraph are in 2009 constant prices. 
2 Other donors supporting or contributing were UNCTAD, ITC, the World Bank, the European 
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derive from the EIF.  The overall objective of the pr oject is to enhance Cambodia's national capacity 
to formulate, implement, manage, and monitor a pr o-poor trade policy that is consistent with and 
supportive of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Rectangular Strategy and the country's National 
Development Plan and Millennium Development Goals.  
(3) AID FOR TRADE :  TRADE SECTOR -WIDE APPROACH  
7. To enhance Cambodia's ownership of the desi gn, programming, and implementation of AfT 
and to increase aid effectiveness, the Government  developed the Trade SWAp, to implement the 
objectives of the 2007 Cambodia Trade Integration Stra tegy (CTIS).  Its three components are:  legal 
reform and cross-cutting issues;  product and services export sector development;  and capacity 
development for trade policy formulation and aid-for- trade coordination and management (Chart V.1).  
8. The CTIS 2007 identified a number of priority ar eas for reform and development that became 
the basis for the three P illars of the Trade SWAp. 
- Pillar 1  deals with Implementing cross cutti ng legal and institutional reforms for 
trade development.  Priority areas include (a) completing of the implementation of the legal reforms and commitments associat ed with WTO accession, (b) lowering the 
costs of trade facilitation, (c) improving the investment environment, (d) enhanced 
use of intellectual property protection;  and (e) developping the legal and institutional 
environments for SPS and standards;  
- Pillar 2  focuses on developing a competitive export supply.  Its emphasis is on 
diversifying Cambodia’s export basket th rough new products and services and new 
markets, with priority areas including (a) developing export value chain and trade 
information;  (b) strengthening trade s upport institutions at the product association 
level and in the provinces;  and (c) strengthening export supply capacity in the 19 priority potential sectors identified in CTIS 2007;  
- Pillar 3  focuses on building capacity to lead trade sector development and manage 
+aid-for-trade.  It includes (a) capacity bu ilding in a newly created MoC Department 
of International Cooperation to serve as the Secretariat for the Trade SWAp, the 
TDSP, and the EIF Tier 1, and tasked to lead the day-to-day coordination of AfT programmes;  (b) capacity building in line ministries engaged in the success of the trade SWAp;  (c) developing trade policy r esearch capacity;  and (d) strengthening 
trade negotiation capacity. 
9. The priority objectives, benchmarks, and targets of the three pillars are now consolidated in 
three road maps that are providing guidance to  the Trade SWAp multi-donor trust fund (TDSP), the 
EIF Tier 1, and other on-goi ng aid-for-trade programmes.  
10. The Government-Private Sector Forum (G-PSF) is the highest forum for Government and the 
Business Sector to review trade issues. 
11. The Trade SWAp is lead by the Sub-Steer ing Committee on Trade and Development and 
Trade-Related Investment (S-SC), which reports  to the Steering Committee on Private Sector 
Development, is structurally separate from the G-PS F.  The Minister of Commerce chairs the S-SC, 
which is in charge of overall policy directions, oversight, and review of consolidated monitoring 
reports.  It is also mandat ed to approve the pillars' road maps as well as the action plans.  Cambodia WT/TPR/S/253 
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Source :   Ministry of Commerce (2011), Trade Sector Development and Aid for Trade in Cambodia, p. 13.Chart V.1
Strategic Framework of Trade SWAp
Trade SWAp goals:
Pillar I:  Reforms and cross-
cutting issues for trade development
Strengthen competiveness of 
current exports, promote export 
diversificationGoal 1:  Job creation 
and poverty reduction 
impacted positively 
by trade expansionGoal 5:  RGC improves its 
planning, implementation 
and monitoring capacity 
by implementing Trade 
SWApGoal 4: RGC's 
responsiveness to private 
sector needs increases as 
a result of better dialogueGoal 3:  RGC 
increases capacity to 
formulate, implement 
trade policies and 
strategiesGoal 2:  Exports 
expand as a result of
diversification
Pillar outcomes:
Pillar  II:  Product and service 
sector export development
Strengthen  supply capacity of the 
19 product and service sectors identified in the 2007 Trade 
Integration StrategyPillar  III:  Capacity development
Strengthen the capacity of the RGC and 
Cambodian trade stakeholders to 
implement, update and manage RGC's 
trade development agenda and to 
negotiate the country's interests in trade 
and trade-related investment forums
Outcome 1:  Products safety and 
quality improves with a positive impact on export and public health
Outcome 3:  Core institutional system 
and skills in place to ensure effective performance of trade-related institutionsOutcome 2:  Effective approach for 
development and implementation of trade policies is in placeOutcome 1:  Capacity of RGC to 
integrate, coordinate, implement trade sector related reforms
Outcome 3:  Exports are 
successfully diversified and expanded in many of the 19 sectors 
identified in RGC's 2007 Trade 
Integration Strategy, including by 
targeting new markets or moving 
up value chainsOutcome 2:  The delivery of 
Trade Support Services at the local level is improved through 
strengthened business associations, 
local chambers of commerce, PDoCs, government extension 
services, public-private dialogue, 
G-PSF, etc.Outcome 1:  RGC is equipped 
with tools and information to guide development and formulation of 
export-oriented policies, monitor 
progress, and identify for TRTA and AfT
Outcome 7:  SMEs, particularly in 
agriculture, get easier and formal credit to scale up their activities and 
improve export performanceOutcome 6:  Respect of core labour 
standards improves competitiveness 
and productivity of exportOutcome 5:  Trade related 
investment increasesOutcome 4:  The trade related legal 
system is upgraded and completed in compliance with international 
standards and obligationsOutcome 3:  Exports of products 
protected under Cambodian IPR 
regime increaseOutcome 2:  Trade flows increase as 
a result of more simple and more 
transparent import, export and transit 
procedures and processes
Outcome 4:  Wide awareness of trade 
SWAp opportunities and results among stakeholders
Outcome 5:  Trade negotiations 
capacity of designated RGC institutions 
strengthened
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12. The Trade SWAp is supported by a significant number of multilateral and bilateral funding 
vehicles.  Chief among them are recent ADB loan  facilities (upward of US$20 million) backed up by 
technical assistance grants focusing primarily on selected WTO-related legal reforms and SPS and TBT capacity development, the ongoing USAID assistance, which also focuses on certain WTO-
related legal reforms, AusAid (with assistance  to the agricultural), and the World Bank’s ongoing 
Trade Facilitation and Competitiveness Project. 
13. The TDSP and the EIF Tier 1, also designed to  support Trade SWAp, are set up to give the 
lead role for implementation to Government. TD SP is a multi-donor trust fund financed by DANIDA, 
the European Commission, and UNIDO, and administer ed by the World Bank. EIF Tier 1 is financed 
by the EIF Trust Fund. The interventions of TDSP  and EIF are limited to reform areas explicitly 
defined in the road-maps – principally those for pillar 1 and pillar 3. Both are fully integrated into the 
Trade SWAp management structure.  DICO is in charge of implementing both TDSP and EIF Tier 1. 
14. In more specific terms, DICO, in its cap acity as Trade SWAp Secretariat, has overall 
responsibility for monitoring and evaluating all AfT interventions, including mu ltilateral and bilateral 
programmes as well as the TDSP and EIF Tier 1. MoC and DICO have yet to put in place some 
formal monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.  Once this is done, it is expected that annual 
monitoring exercises will be conducted, led by DICO  with the participation of other Trade SWAp 
agencies from Cambodia and development partners. The results of these periodic progress reviews are 
to be fed into adjustment of on-going activities and programming of new interventions.  
(4) WTO
 TRADE -RELATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  
15. Since its accession to the WTO in 2004, Ca mbodia has participated in 127 technical-
assistance activities listed in the database by the WTO Institute for Training and Technical 
Cooperation (ITTC).  Seven national activities were organized during the review period, on:  WTO 
notification requirements and SPS and TBT enquiry points (2006);  upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre and training on the WTO databases (2007);  the DTIS 2007 (launch, 2007), STDF (preparatory 
mission for the STDF AfT event hosted by Cambodi a, 2008);  trade facilitation (needs assessment, 
2008);  LDC accessions (briefing of senior officials in preparation for the LDC Round Table hosted 
by Cambodia, 2009);  and the TPR (first mission 2010). In addition, Cambodia has hosted a number 
of regional and international activiti es, and participated in several.  Cambodia has also participated in 
regional and Geneva-based trade policy courses and in e-learning activities.  
16. WTO activities in 2011, excluding national activities, include a regional trade policy course;  
a workshop on non-agriculture market access negotia tions; a symposium on trade facilitation;  an 
intensive course on trade negotiations skills;  a work shop for ASEAN civil society and the media;  a 
workshop for parliamentarians in Asian economi es on international trade (introduction to the 
multilateral trading system, WTO Agreements, Doha  Development Agenda, trade and development, 
trade and environment); and a seminar on WTO Refe rence Centres for RC managers and coordinators 
based in LDCs. 
17. For 2012-13, Cambodia is requesting WTO's tech nical assistance and training to focus on 
Trade in Services; Dispute Settlement, and Trade Re medies.  In delivery of technical assistance and 
training, Cambodia seeks a balanced approach betwee n learning the contents of the WTO agreements 
and assistance in overcoming the challenges of implementing them.  Cambodia also proposes WTO-
facilitated discussion forums on linkages between th e multilateral trading system and regional trade 
arrangements, on trade on natural resources;  on i ssues related to the export of labour services, and on 
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(5) AID FOR TRADE RESULTS  
18. Cambodia has sought to draw lessons , in the form of case stories3,  from work carried out in 
five priority areas identified in the three pillars.  Th ey are:  (i) implementation of the work programme 
of legal reforms and commitments resulting from WTO accession (Pillar 1); (ii) reform and 
modernization of trade facilitation (Pillar 1); (iii) expansion and diversifi cation of rice exports 
(Pillar 2);  (iv) expansion and dive rsification of silk exports (Pillar 2);  and (v) capacity development 
in export value chain and trade informa tion (overlap Pillar 2 and Pillar 3). 
(i) Implementation of the Work Programme of  Legal Reforms and Commitments Resulting 
 from WTO Accession4  
19. Over the years, Cambodia has received techni cal assistance from various sources to assist line 
ministries in drafting a number of laws, sub-decr ees, and regulations. Of th e 74 laws, government sub-
decrees, and major ministerial regulations identifie d in the Cambodian Case Story, some 50 reforms 
have been completed. Of the 74 reforms, 46 have received or are receiving technical assistance support from a wide range of deve lopment partners. One factor behind the very significant progress in 
this area is that the agenda has been driven at the level of the Prime Minister and the Council of 
Ministers, with some coordination of technical assistance by the MoC. 
20. In addition, inter-ministerial coordination has b een strengthened at lower levels.  For instance, 
the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR), with a secretariat in the Department 
of Intellectual Property Rights (D/IPR) of the Ministry of Commerce, has been set up to coordinate the work of six line ministries with authority over various aspects of intellectual property.  The 
NCIPR is seeking to coordinate support from WIPO , the EU’s ECAP III regional programme, AFD, 
TDSP, and possibly others, to avoid duplicati on and ensure full coverage of all needs. 
21. In the area of intellectual property protection, over 36,000 marks were registered by the end 
of 2010 with a sharp rise in annual registration be ginning in 2007.  Meanwhile about 50 copyrighted 
works by Cambodian authors have been registered wi th the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. About 
100 patent applications and 130 a pplications for industrial design have been received by MIME’s 
Department of Industrial Property.   Two geographical indications (GIs) have been established – one 
for Kampot Pepper and the other for Kampong Speu  Palm Sugar, with the MAFF assisting the MoC 
in establishing the geographical boundaries of those GIs. 
22. According to the authorities, progress in implem enting the work programme of legal reforms 
resulting from WTO accession has been particularly noticeable and expeditious  in areas where there 
has been strong leadership by the government agency  in charge, and where the Government has been 
able to mobilize and coordinate AfT resources.  Progress in customs law and intellectual property 
protection are good examples.  The overall leadership of the Prime Minister and Council of Minister has also helped keep pressure on progress in this area. 
                                                      
3 Summarized in Ministry of Commerce online information (2011), "Trade Sector Development and 
Aid for Trade in Cambodia".  Viewed at:  http://www.m oc.gov.kh/tradeswap/.  For the full texts of the case 
stories, see OECD online information.  Viewed a t:  http://www.oecd.org/countrylist/ 0,3349,en_21571361_ 
46750445_46846376_1_1_1_1,00.html.   
4 Based on "Cambodia’s Aid-for-Trade Case Story No. 1: Work Programme of Legal Reforms and 
Commitments Resulting from WTO Accession" , MoC, 5 May 2011.  Viewed at:  www.oecd.org/dataoecd/ 28/49/48413417.pdf. WT/TPR/S/253 Trade Policy Review 
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(ii) Trade facilitation 
23. The most significant progress has taken place in Customs with a strong leadership from the 
General Department for Customs and Excise (GDC E).  The GDCE has coordinated inputs from a 
diverse group of development partners includi ng the IMF, WCO, the World Bank TFCP (Trade 
Facilitation and Competitiveness Project), JAICA, AusAid, NZAid, and the EU.  It has received a 
significant grant from the TDSP to continue workin g on the Customs legal and regulatory framework, 
increase awareness and understanding of customs pr ocedures in the private sector, and continue 
building the capacity of customs officers.   
24. Significant improvements have occurred due to implementation of the customs law, capacity 
development in the GDCE, the introduction of AS YCUDA automation, and the introduction of a risk 
management system.  The introduction of the Single Administrative Declaration (SAD) also contributed to the significant reduction in the number of containers undergoing full inspection.  The GDCE indicates that as of early 2011, wherever  ASYCUDA has been introduced, 90% of import 
declarations are cleared and goods re leased within 24 hours of the filing of the declaration.  According 
to the World Bank, the time it takes to export has be en reduced, from an average of 37 days in 2007 to 
22 days in 2010, and the time to import from an average of 45 days to 26 days.
5  In term of overall 
country ranking for trading across borders, Ca mbodia improved from 126 to 118 between 2009 and 
2010.6  Still, according to the same report, Cambodia continues to require more documents for import 
and exports than any of its ASEAN ne ighbours (approximately ten documents).  
25. Development partners continue to support the expansion of the physical infrastructure for 
trade.  Japan is assisting with upgrading some of the facilities in the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port; 
China is financing an expansion of Phnom Pe nh Autonomous Port (river port); ADB and other 
development partners have been ma jor lenders for the renovation of key road arteries within the larger 
Mekong area; ADB and Australia are major lenders be hind the rehabilitation of the railroad;  and 
France and the IFC have invested in the airport infrastructure. 
26. Progress in trade facilitation reform has been noticeable in areas wher e GDCE has been able 
to take the lead.  Progress in trade facilitation has be en more difficult or slower where clear leadership 
has taken more time to emerge, because of greater  difficulties in mobilizing AfT resources, or other 
factors.  Trade-related SPS is one area where pr ogress has lagged.  More progress will be needed on 
that front for Cambodia to be able to introduce a Single Window, as prescribed under ASEAN, and a WTO-compatible flat fee.  The weakest link in en forcement of legal reforms might be the still-weak 
formal judicial and established court system. However, a major Govern ment prakas was adopted 
recently by the Council of Ministers to clarify the roles of various ministries and agencies in this 
complex area.  In addition, ADB and TDSP are deploying new resources to put in place an SPS risk management system that can be incorpor ated into customs clearing procedures. 
(iii) Exports of rice 
27. There has been significant progress in buildin g, expanding, and diversifying Cambodia’s 
export supply capacity.  Rice production has grown rapi dly in Cambodia in recent years and is a good 
example of aid-for-trade in action.  Until recently, all domestic surpluses were exported in the form of 
unprocessed paddy to Viet Nam and Thailand, which, in turn, processed it, exported it in the form of 
milled rice, and captured most of the added value.  Over the past three years, a small group of the 
largest Cambodian rice millers have taken the lead and begun exporting milled rice.  From almost no 
exports three or four years ago, exports in  2010-11 reached 50,000 and 60,000 tonnes. 
                                                      
5  World Bank (2010b). 
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28. To support the current push on exports of milled rice, the Government adopted a Rice Export 
Policy, in July 2010, that fo cuses the efforts of concerned line ministries on removing remaining 
bottlenecks.  The Policy sets out an ambitious target  of one million tonnes of milled rice exports for 
2015-16.7 
29. Cambodia has received a large amount of aid fro m Australia and other development partners, 
at the farm level in particular, with a focus on seeds, harvest and post-harvest handling, irrigation, 
yield, and productivity.  This aid was critical in restarting an agricultural economy heavily dependent 
on rice and crippled by years of war and unrest. 
30. More recently, the IF/UNDP TRADE-project, IFC Agro-Processing Project (EU-Funded), 
GIZ, as well as AFD have focused on preparing rice millers to meeting the demands of importing 
markets and learning about those markets.  Study t ours and trading missions have been organized to 
West Africa, the European Union (three times) and to Viet Nam (to a buyer-seller meeting).  IFC and the World Bank are looking into funding different financing mechanisms called for under the Rice 
Policy;  AFD might join some of these efforts.   AFD together with TRADE financed a 2009 
symposium on trade-related financing that help pave the way for some of the recommendations 
included in the Policy. ADB and TDSP are and w ill be working on technical standards and SPS 
issues, including as they affect rice exports. 
31. While AfT has been reasonably well targeted, coordination by the Government has been 
rather modest until recently.  The Agriculture SWAp, the Trade SWAp and more particularly the Rice 
Export Policy are providing tools for Government to effect much stronger AfT coordination. The Rice 
Export Policy may provide useful lessons for deve loping similar sector-specific policies in other 
potential export sectors.  In the view of some deve lopment partners, such sector-policies are too often 
lacking, and provide weak guidance on how best to focus some of the AfT. 
32. According to the Rice Export Policy, the quality and productivity of seeds has improved 
enormously in recent years. However, by most accounts, this area still needs improvement.  Water 
management and irrigation also remain in  need of improvement and investment. 
(iv) Trade SWAp and aid-for-trade coordination and management  
33. The case stories presented by Cambodia at the AfT Third Global Review suggest that the 
extent and quality of AfT coordina tion remains uneven.  Trade development is a particularly difficult 
area for aid management, precisely because multiple line ministries and agencies are often involved, 
with possible overlapping jurisdiction and authori ties. Successful coordination has tended to be 
characterized by leadership by the Prime Minister  or Council of Ministers, accompanied by strong 
coordination among development partners (e .g. trade facilitation or legal reform). 
34. As a coordination structure for aid for trad e, the national implementation arrangements 
(NIAs) developed to support Trade SWAp are still in the early stage of development.  This is partly 
because of the need for trust building among the various  ministries and agencies with a stake in Trade 
SWAp.  Still, in part through the implementation of TDSP, the authority of the S-SC and the pillars in 
identifying and sharing aid-for-trade resources is be ginning to gain traction.  The formulation and 
implementation of clear monitoring and review me chanisms, which are lacking, could help establish 
the Trade SWAp NIAs as a key forum for the mob ilization and allocation of aid-for-trade resources. 
35. In addition to the difficulties of resolving tu rf issues required to improve inter-ministerial 
coordination, Government's limited capacity to formulate trade policies, including sector-specific 
                                                      
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policies, may also limit progress of the Trade SWAp NIAs.  Development partners note that in many 
product and service sectors, there is a lack of clear  development strategies and policies that could 
provide benchmark against which ai d for trade could be deployed. 
36. Under the IF-UNDP funded TRADE project, some resources were expanded to start a 
national network of trade-policy researchers that would be better linked to both government and 
regional policy research networks, including the Ar tNet network managed by UN-ESCAP.  Likewise, 
resources were deployed under TRADE to start a Value Chain and Trade Information Unit in the 
MoC, in line with a recommendation made some y ears ago during a development partners workshop 
organized by USAID.8 Both efforts are aiming at helping to fill the observed gap.  TDSP will be 
financing a continuation of support to the MoC’s Va lue Chain and Trade Information Unit.  Clearly, 
these are longer-term needs and likely too large to be supported by a single development partner. 
(6) TRADE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT  
37. Trade is a major driver of Cambodia’s povert y-reduction, economic growth, and Millennium 
Development Goals strategies.  Building on its early  mix of garment exports  and tourism, recent 
efforts by the Government have been to diversify and expand the country’s export supply and do so 
with a pro-poor focus.  At present, Cambodia is focusing on developing exports in rice, cassava, 
cashew nuts, rubber, fish, and other agricultural and agri-processing sectors, together with manufacturing assembly (bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles) in special economic zones, as well 
as mining and extractive industries. 
38. Until recently, the benefits of garment exports a nd tourism tended to be concentrated in a few 
urban areas (mainly Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville,) complemented by some internal 
transfers from workers in those thr ee areas to their families in rural ar eas.  Growth in the newer export 
sectors is expected to have a more direct and more widespread positive income-producing impact on 
poorer populations in rural areas.  
                                                      
8  See Cambodia’s "Aid for Trade Case Story No. 4", 5 May 2011.  Viewed at:  
www.oecd.org/databased/29/31/48413539.pdf. Cambodia WT/TPR/S/253 
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