柬埔寨工业发展政策2026 2035草案发布 聚焦数字化转型

[来源: CIR] [分类提示: NEWS] 标题: Opinion: From Vision to Delivery – Why Cambodia Needs an Industrial Development Policy Implementation Guide David VAN Over the last three decades‚ the Kingdom has successfully transitioned from a post-conflict‚ agriculture-based economy into one of Southeast Asia’s most competitive and flexible manufacturing centers‚ producing a rich and diverse array of goods from clothing‚ footwear‚ bicycles‚ travel goods‚ motorcycle parts‚ electrical equipment to automobile parts․ This achievement has attracted billions of US dollars in foreign direct investment and created hundreds of thousands of jobs․ The draft Cambodia Industrial Development Policy (IDP) 2026-2035 rightly states that Cambodia’s next stage of development cannot be based solely on lower manufacturing costs and investment incentives․ To maintain international competitiveness‚ the country must increase productivity‚ technology‚ innovation‚ localisation‚ digital transformation‚ make efforts to overcome supply chain bottlenecks and integrate better in global value chains․ The draft policy is ambitious‚ forward-looking and strategically sound․ But one major question still remains unanswered: How is everything to be implemented in practice? This is not only a Cambodian problem․ Every government produces thorough policy papers that never see the light of day in terms of implementation․ Policies are generally excellent on what needs to be done‚ but where they fall short is on such issues as who is to implement‚ who is to pay