The new  World Bank Group Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Cambodia FY25–FY29  focuses on three high-level objectives, all of them aligned with the government’s priorities, as articulated in the Pentagonal Strategy:

• Improving human capital outcomes, especially in basic education

• Increasing competitiveness by transforming the country’s low-skill and low-value-added economic growth model into one that provides better-quality jobs and higher per capita income while avoiding emissions-intensive growth

• Safeguarding livability by building resilience to crises and addressing the declining quality of natural resources and the impacts of a changing climate.

The cross-cutting theme of support for governance and institutional strengthening will focus on accountability, participation, and transparency. Various interventions under the CPF program will address gender and inclusion, climate adaptation and resilience, and the digital transition.

The knowledge agenda represents a significant part of the World Bank’s engagement in Cambodia. Bank research—on macroeconomics and competitiveness, public financial management, digital development, gender and social inclusion, financial inclusion, poverty, access to quality health and nutrition services, education, power grid strengthening, environmental sustainability, and social protection and jobs—improves understanding of the development challenges Cambodia faces and fosters dialogue on development policy issues with a broad range of stakeholders.