Bankers at odds over Cambodia's financial crisis

Canadia Tower: a symbol of Cambodia's growth period prior to the international financial crisisCanadia Tower: a symbol of Cambodia's growth period prior to the international financial crisis

Cambodia's government-engineered slowdown after five years of unsustainable economic growth could not have been implemented at a worse time, coming as it did just before the global financial crisis. Consequently the crisis has hit Cambodia's banks hard, though just how hard is a matter of some debate between the IMF and the country's senior bankers. Writer Brian Caplen

A new dawn for banking

With oil deposits discovered and tourism and FDI booming, Nick Freeman reports from Phnom Penh on the nascent development of Cambodia’s banking sector.

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