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Well, Cambodia doesn't have anything to Compete with the world.
The country so poor, un-educate, none technical skill, Manufactures, so on....
But, they are #1 of Compete to be PM, or steal people lands, destroying trees and sell to viet, sell Angkor Wat, sell Tonle Sap, ect....
Its so shameful to be the member of WTO with no products to Compete.
Yep, we are not up for any competition yet, but we will. Hopefully in the organic farming sector. I know we got a few world class farmers left who can pass on their skill on how to make full use of the lands. And those who can't make full use of the land should give it up to someone else who could do better. Producing just enough food to feed one family with thousands of hectares is not acceptable.
Only Hun Sen and his scums think Cambodia is competitive. They are the frogs in the small pond.
Why our competition rating is so low when we have a few things that are among the top in the region or perhaps in the the world?
Look at our temple Ankgor Wat. It is among the biggest, if not the biggest, religious buildings in the world.
Our economy is among the fastest growing economies in the world.
Our August, Great and Valorous King, is among the greatest, if not the greatest, surviving leaders in the world.
Our Prime Minister is among the longest serving, if not the longest serviving, prime ministers in the world. He is also among the strongest men in the world. He is even greater than our greatest King Jayavaraman VII, according to our August, Great and Valorous King.
However, an original French title of a book by a famous French journalist Jean Lacouture in 1969, "Quatre hommes et leurs peuples: sur-pouvoir et sous-developpement" (the English title of the book "The Demi-Gods: Charismatic Leaders in the Third World"), aptly shows, too powerful leaders (sur-pouvoir or over-power) create (sour-developpment) under-development. The four demigods Jean Lacouture looked at in that book were Soekarno (Indonesia), Nasser (Egypt), Nkrouma (Ghana) and our August, Great and Valorous King Sihanouk. (Three of them were overthwon).
Any lesson learned from the past?
Coming back to our competiveness, Cambodians need to put our heads together (heary heads and bald heads) to look at the different factors contributing to competitiveness that the survey was looking at. We need to work out ways to improve or strengthen those factors.
Perhaps we can start off by a shift of culture, beginning with meritocracy and rewarding achievers across all walks of life: let's the best win - and rule the country or run public offices through competitive examinations and other forms of test of ability; let's reward the best teachers, best producers, best exporters, best farmers, best workers, best doctors, best engeneers, best artists, best writers, innovators, inventors, best employers, etc...
Cronysm and bribery have no place in the competitive world.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Dr. Loa, allow me share with you my perspective on competitiveness. It is a good thing to have, but it does not guarantee you a better standard of living, thus don't get high blood pressure over it.
Here the US is rated numero uno, but the US income per capita is slipping from 4th to 6th, between 2004 and 2005, according to World Income per capita, see here:
http://www.finfacts.ie/biz10/globalworldincomepercapita.htm
Another example of this wicked phenomenon is among many competitive pioneers and scientists like Bill Gate, Pascal, Faraday, Einstein, ..., some of them made it big time, while other doing okay, and yet other never live to see their novel became a reality. Do see what I mean?
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