Cambodia's Economy and Industrial Development by Khieu Samphan is a seminal text that offers a critical analysis of the Kampuchean nation's economic struggles under colonial influence and its path toward self-sufficiency. In this work, Samphan meticulously exposes how foreign domination distorted Kampuchea's agricultural and industrial development, creating dependency on external markets while impoverishing the people. Samphan outlines a strategy for au…

Underdevelopment in Cambodia by Khieu Samphan, provides an incisive analysis of Cambodia’s economic subjugation under colonial and neocolonial rule. It examines the structural distortions that left the country dependent on extractive agriculture and foreign-controlled trade networks, serving the interests of imperial powers rather than the Cambodian people. Samphan articulates how the revolutionary movement sought to dismantle these exploitative conditi…