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Title: Cambodia's Garment Workers Hit by Recession (VOA) View count: 396 Rating: 5.0 (1 ratings) Description: Over the last decade economic growth has helped lift Cambodia out of its poverty. The signs were everywhere; bustling construction sites around Phnom Penh ; young workers filing into factories, filling orders for eager clients abroad. More than 400,000 jobs in the textile industry fuelled the hopes of many young women whose earnings in the city helped support their extended families in the countryside. Ny Sopheak: "I worked in the packing section of a textile factory. I earned sometimes $60 a month from the factory work and I sent $10 a month to my father." But that factory, like dozens of others, has now closed. The global recession scared investors and shut down factories. Tags: garment sector, economic crisis in cambodia, cambodia economy, recession, economic impact, worldwide economic crisis, Author: kiletters |
