Challenges to sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Cambodia include a narrowly based economic structure; high costs and shortages of infrastructure; limited access to social services; inadequate access to land, natural resources, and affordable finance; human capital and skills shortages; and poor governance. However, the Anti-Corruption Law adopted in April 2010 provides sanctions against conflicts of interest.

ADB’s country partnership strategy (CPS), 2011-2013, for Cambodia prioritizes five sectors: transport (rural and provincial roads); water supply, sanitation, and urban development (with an increasing focus on secondary towns); agriculture and natural resources (agriculture commercialization and irrigation support); education (lower secondary schools and vocational training); and finance (banking regulation, small and medium-sized enterprise finance, microfinance, and insurance).