Editing Economy of Cambodia (section)

===Foreign aid===
[[File:Battambang Provinz 01.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Rice|Rice milling]] is very important to the Cambodian economy.]]
Cambodia's emerging [[democracy]] has received strong international support. Under the mandate of the [[United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia]] (UNTAC), $1.72 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] (1.72 G$) was spent in an effort to bring basic security, stability and democratic rule to the country. Various news and media reports suggest that since 1993 the country has been the recipient of some US$10 billion in foreign aid.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saloimpera.com/#!Doing-business-in-Cambodia-Is-it-a-new-breed-of-Asian-Tiger/ck3kq/572968020cf205ef80cb4fe2|title=Salo-Impera: Strategic Planning, Development & Consulting for business|website=Salo-Impera: Strategic Planning, Development & Consulting for business|access-date=2016-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714141628/http://www.saloimpera.com/#!Doing-business-in-Cambodia-Is-it-a-new-breed-of-Asian-Tiger/ck3kq/572968020cf205ef80cb4fe2|archive-date=2016-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.voacambodia.com/a/as-foreign-aid-increases-questions-about-conditions/1664821.html|title=As Foreign Aid Increases, Questions About Conditions|website=VOA|date=21 May 2013 |access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref>

With regards to economic assistance, official donors had pledged $880 million at the Ministerial Conference on the Rehabilitation of Cambodia (MCRRC) in [[Tokyo]] in June 1992. In addition to that figure, $119 million was pledged in September 1993 at the International Committee on the Reconstruction of Cambodia (ICORC) meeting in [[Paris]], and $643 million at the March 1994 ICORC meeting in Tokyo.

Cambodia experienced a shortfall in foreign aid in the year 2005 due to the government's failure to pass anti-corruption laws, opening up a single import/export window, increasing its spending on education, and complying with policies of good governance.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weggel|first=Oskar|title=Cambodia in 2005: Year of Reassurance|journal=Asian Survey|date=January 2006|volume=46|issue=1|pages=151–161|jstor=10.1525/as.2006.46.1.155|doi=10.1525/as.2006.46.1.155}}</ref> In response, the government adopted the National Strategic Development Plan for 2006–10 (also known as the “Third Five-Year Plan”). The plan focused on three major areas:
* the speeding up of economic growth at an annual rate of 6-7%
* eradicating corruption
* developing public structures in favor of quality (i.e. by education, training, and healthcare) over quantity (i.e. rapid population growth)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weggel|first=Oskar|title=Cambodia in 2005: Year of Reassurance|journal=Asian Survey|date=January 2006|volume=46|issue=1|pages=158|jstor=10.1525/as.2006.46.1.155|doi=10.1525/as.2006.46.1.155}}</ref>