Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

is a country located in the southern portion of the

Indochinese Peninsula Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. The country is reported by various organisations to have numerous sociopolitical issues including widespread poverty (according to the

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), pervasive

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(according to

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), lack of political freedoms (according to

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), low human development (according to the

Human Development Report The Human Development Report (HDR) is an annual Human Development Index report published by the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The first HDR was launched in 1990 by the Pakistani economist Ma ...

) and a high rate of hunger. Cambodia has been described by Human Rights Watch's Southeast Asian Director, David Roberts, as a "vaguely communist free-market state with a relatively authoritarian coalition ruling over a superficial democracy."Roberts, David W. (2001) ''Political Transition in Cambodia 1991–1999''. Curzon Publishers. While per capita income remains low compared to most neighbouring countries, Cambodia has one of the

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in Asia, with growth averaging 6 percent over the last decade. Agriculture remains the dominant economic sector, with strong growth in textiles, construction, garments and tourism leading to increased foreign investment and international trade.Cambodia to outgrow LDC status by 2020 , Business , The Phnom Penh Post – Cambodia's Newspaper of Record
The Phnom Penh Post (18 May 2011). Retrieved on 20 June 2011. In the World Justice Project's 2015 Rule of Law Index, Cambodia was ranked 99 out of 102 countries, the lowest in the region. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see Business entities in Cambodia.

Notable firms

This list includes notable

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with primary

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located in the country. The industry and sector follow the

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taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct. File:National Bank Cambodia.jpg,

National Bank of Cambodia The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC; ) is the central bank of Cambodia. The bank's duties include, ''inter alia'', the management of monetary and exchange policies, the regulation of banks and financial institutions, and the control of the nation ...

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Cambodia, most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since 1865 and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its political, economic, industr ...

File:OCIC Tower (Canadia bank).jpg, Overseas Cambodian Investment Corp Tower in

File:Soryashoppingmarket.JPG, Sorya Shopping Center in

File:Kingdom tanks.png, Tanks inside

Kingdom Breweries Kingdom Breweries is a Cambodian craft beer brewery company that was founded in 2009. It is the largest craft brewery in Southeast Asia, serving as a backend production hub for over 30 craft brewers in Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Phi ...

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