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Charya, 21 years old, in a light blue dress and with her face carefully made up, presses the palms of her hands together in the graceful, prayer-like sampeah gesture to greet the customer entering the beer garden where she works, then leads him to a table. Charya has been a client-greeter for just one month. [...]

The Cambodian Ministry of Commerce, together with four of its development partners, launched a $12.6 million Trade Development Support Program (TDSP) on March 23, 2009, aimed at assisting Cambodia to expand its international trade. The program is financed by the European Commission, the Danish International Aid Agency (Danida) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization [...]