ASEAN and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Trade Liberalization: Cambodia's Benefits from FTAs and Regional Integration
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2025
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Kong, Ratha
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Yengin, Duygu
Draper, Peter
Thangavelu, Shandre
Cheah, Jeffrey (Institute for Southeast Asia, Sunway University, Malaysia)
School of Economics and Public Policy
Draper, Peter
Thangavelu, Shandre
Cheah, Jeffrey (Institute for Southeast Asia, Sunway University, Malaysia)
School of Economics and Public Policy
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This thesis carefully analyses the tariff policy with regard to its effects on trade expansion and the development of the ASEAN region and Cambodian economy. The research is crucial for the structural change of the Cambodian economy towards the next phase of growth. The research examines the strategies of trade liberalization and their effects on the Cambodian economy. It is aimed to delineate priority areas for trade and investment policies, structural economic transformation of the Cambodian economy in terms of alignment of local comparative advantages with the regional global production value chain, assessment of trade liberalization effects on sub-national trade facilitation using district-level data, the influence of innovation and digitalization on firm productivity, and Cambodia's engagement in the evolving regional integration such as ASEAN, ASEAN Plus One FTAs, RCEP, and post-pandemic integration. This research is expected to provide significant policy recommendations for Cambodia on trade policies, trade and investment facilitation, improving revenue equity by reducing adverse effects on customs revenue, and sustaining international trade growth in accordance with the evolving architecture of regional and global integration.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics and Public Policy, 2025
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