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=== Market economy ===
The constitution contains a commitment to the "market economy system", which along with accompanying provisions effects a fundamental change in the role of the state from the past.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=St John|first=Ronald Bruce|date=1995|title=The Political Economy of the Royal Government of Cambodia|journal=Contemporary Southeast Asia|volume=17|issue=3|pages=266–269|issn=0129-797X|jstor=25798289}}</ref> Security of private property and the right to sell and exchange freely, necessary conditions for the functioning of the market economy,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ear|first=Sophal|date=1995|title=Cambodia's Economic Development in Historical Perspective: A Contribution to the Study of Cambodia's Economy|url=https://www.academia.edu/2336758|language=en|page=82}}</ref> are provided for. The state's powers of expropriation are limited to the extent they serve public interest, to be exercised only when "fair and just" compensation is made in advance.<ref>Kuong Teilee. Economic Rights and the National Economic System. Hor Peng et al. ''Cambodian Constitutional Law''. p. 498</ref> Operating under the slogan ''Le Cambodge s'aide lui-même'' or "Cambodia will help itself", one of the earliest undertakings of the Royal Government was to implement programs to ensure the economic rehabilitation of Cambodia and its integration in the regional and global economies. On 10 March 1994, the Royal Government declared an "irreversible and irrevocable" move away from a centrally-planned economy towards a market-oriented economy.<ref name=":2" />