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How Bad Are Things in Cambodia?

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Apr 13, 2011
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Is Cambodia the worst place on earth?

It’s a contender. Per capita income is one-third of North Korea’s. Half of Cambodia’s children receive only two or three years of schooling. The irrigation systems are so poor that farmers manage only one harvest per year, while their counterparts in neighboring countries enjoy two to four.

These statistics only scrat…

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