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White Gold: The Cambodian Rice Market

Asia Insight

Season 3Episode 7Aired 2014-02-21
White Gold: The Cambodian Rice Market

White Gold: The Cambodian Rice Market

Although strong economic growth is taking place in Cambodia's capital city, rural Cambodia - home to 80% of the country's population - remains impoverished. In order to raise the standard of living there, the government has turned its attention to the production of processed rice - otherwise known as white gold.