de PPP v19, #57..

Financial crisis puts country at high risk of unrest: EIU

1...Cambodia is in among top five countries most at risk of instability from the worsening economic downturn
2.The report's Political Instability Index
....a. Underlying Vulnerability index - 7.9 out of 10 (Cambodia scored)
............ inequality,
............ state strength and public trust in political institutions
....b. Economic Distress index - 8 out of 10 (Cambodia scored)
........... levels of development,
........... growth and unemployment
3....as people lose confidence in the ability of the govenments to restore stability, protests will become increasingly likely.

4.Cambodian economist Kang Chandararot said the EIU did not know enough about the Cambodian economy.
....Unemployed people could return to the land if they are unable to find jobs in the main urban centres.
....Public investment from foreign aid would help weather the crisis, provided the aid continued.....a dollar in public investment would lead to two dollars in private investment, contributing to continued growth.