<p>Cambodia experienced civil war for more than three decades, and it had to undergo the economic embargo imposed in 1979. Today, however, Cambodia has made giant strides in development owing to the adoption of democracy, market economy, and open economic system. Though it is facing temporary hardship after the recent global financial crisis, Cambodia had achieved a robust GDP growth of an annual average rate of 9% from 1999 to 2008. The world cultural heritage, which is represented by Ankor Wat, fertile land and forest, varied natural resources and abundant labor force of Cambodia are the factors that make us expect its striking development.</p> <p>On this ground, the Korean government selected Cambodia as a Strategic Development Partner Country (SDPC) in 2010 for the multi-year Knowledge Sharing Program. The designation of Cambodia as a SDPC is quite attributable to the successful completion of 2009 KSP with Cambodia which was executed with a theme of the ‘Microfinance and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Development in Cambodia. Including a follow-up topic from 2009 project, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) applied proposals for the 2010 KSP with the coordination of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) of RGC, the partner organization for KSP with Cambodia, covering wide range of consultation areas. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) of the Republic of Korea, together with the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the implementing agency for the KSP, identified the topic for 2010 KSP: ‘Policy Agenda for Cambodia in Growth, Finance, Industry and Trade</p>