OECD Green Growth Papers
The OECD Green Growth Strategy, launched in May 2011, provides concrete recommendations and measurement tools to support countries’ efforts to achieve economic growth and development, while at the same time ensure that natural assets continue to provide the ecosystems services on which our well-being relies. The strategy proposes a flexible policy framework that can be tailored to different country circumstances and stages of development.
OECD Green Growth Papers complement the OECD Green Growth Studies series, and aim to stimulate discussion and analysis on specific topics and obtain feedback from interested audiences.
- ISSN: 22260935 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/22260935
Making Growth Green and Inclusive: The Case of Cambodia
Developing countries have collectively displayed relatively high growth rates in the last decade.
Although large disparities still persist in standards of living, low and middle income countries averaged
economic growth of 6.2% between 2000 and 2008, pulling 325 million people out of poverty (World Bank,
2010). Global growth has been accompanied by environmental degradation and in some cases there are
growing numbers of people still living in poverty. Key questions for development planning today in
countries include: Can developing countries strike a balance between economic growth, societal well-being and
environmental protection? Can inclusive, green growth be a way forward?
This report presents a case study on Cambodia designed to answer these questions.
The case study draws on several sources of
information to compile a “snapshot” of the situation today. In particular, qualitative information was
gathered through a two-day, multi-stakeholder workshop and through bilateral interviews conducted with
relevant actors from both public and private sectors. It also draws on relevant literature to present a
balanced picture of the state of play on green growth in Cambodia.
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