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The National Bank of Cambodia in Phnom Penh on July 7, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Explainer: How Cambodia’s Central Bank Addressed Economic Challenges During the Pandemic

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) is a monetary authority in Cambodia that seeks to “determine and direct monetary policy aimed to maintain price stability in order to facilitate economic development.” To this end, responding to economic impacts due to the pandemic and to the war in Ukraine has been among their primary objectives over the past several years.