Anakut episode 5: Leapfrogging and the future of work in Cambodia

In episode five, we talk leapfrogging. Not the children’s game, but the idea that developing states can skip old tech to get up to speed with the latest and greatest. To learn more, we spoke to Kem Bora of investment group Mekong Strategic Partners, and Manu Rajan, CEO of digital money transfer service Wing

From our mics to your ears, we’re back with another episode of Anakut, the podcast about Cambodia as it is today and how it just might be tomorrow.
For our fifth trip to the airwaves, Meng and I are talking leapfrogging – not the classic children’s game, but the concept that developing States can skip over old technology to get right up to speed with the latest and greatest.
We wanted to know what social implications that kind of development has for the public, especially in a labour-intensive economy such as that here in Cambodia.
Competition is the name of the game anywhere, but the contest is especially tight in Southeast Asia, where fast-developing nations are jostling to break through into new levels of prosperity. Still, we weren’t satisfied with the inevitability of the answer.
Everyone wants to move fast.

This article was written by ANDREW HAFFNER

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