Cambodia’s GDP growth this year could drop to its lowest rate in more than a decade, the World Bank projects, with some economic experts warning that the country’s reliance on international markets could slow recovery.
In a report released on Tuesday, the World Bank suggests that this year’s GDP growth could slump to 2.5 percent — or as low as 1 percent in a worst-case scenario — as Cambodia’s key tourism, construction and garment industries suffer sharp declines due to the global economic recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cambodia’s risks to near-term growth include a “drastic slowdown” in foreign direct investment (FDI), with about 40 percent of FDI inflows coming from China, where the novel coronavirus was first detected late last year, the bank said.
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