Cambodia has great potential for FDI Reply

According to Ek Tha, Sok An said Cambodia attracts because of two main reasons: political and macroeconomic stability

According to Ek Tha, Sok An said Cambodia attracts because of two main reasons: political and macroeconomic stability

Reposted from The Phnom Penh Post
By May Kunmakara

An assistant to former US president Bill Clinton said Cambodia has many potential areas for foreign direct investment (FDI) from many countries, including the US. More…

Country Snapshot Series: Laos (Part 1) 3

By Brian Langis

Overview

Laos has 6,586,266 people dispersed unevenly across a country that covers 236,800 sq km. The country borders Myanmar and China in the north, Vietnam to the west, Thailand on its eastern border, and Cambodia in the south. Following a period of conflict and civil war, coupled with the fall of Saigon and Phnom Penh to communist forces in 1975, the King relinquished his throne and the communist Lao People’s Democratic Republic (LPDR) party established control. In 1986 the government shifted away from a Soviet-style command economy and began to introduce market reforms that helped cultivate private sector activity. More…

Harvesting Underutilised Resources of Nepal Reply

Dr. Sanjaya Gajurel


Reposted from Nepalnews.com
By Dr. Sanjaya Gajurel

Nepal is not only gifted with stupendous natural resources but also enriched with abundant ancient arts, paintings, sculptures and architectures. These glorious hidden treasures of Nepal just need to be exposed, rendered, and made accessible to its natives and foreigners. The responsibility of the Government then boils down to creating conducive environment for Nepali boutique markets of artisan products. The attention can then be diverted to converting rugged treacherous hills and mountains that encompass almost all sorts of imaginable terrains with magnificent peaks and rivers views, into prosperous trekking, lodging, and hill-top restaurant business. Once, those sectors are covered, the generated capital can then be invested on underutilised water resources starting with run off the river electricity before moving to lucrative large scale hydro-electric power by attracting private and foreign investors from around the globe. We already have India as our prospective principal market for hydro-electric power besides high demand of electric power in our own country. More…