Foreign Investment in Agriculture in Cambodia CDRI Working Paper ...

5. Briefly describe firm’s business plan: ___________________________________________
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II. Specific Issues on Investment Barriers
II.A. Investment Application Procedure
1. Name of institutions involved in your firm investment application:
i) _________________________________ ii) ___________________________________
iii) ________________________________ iv) __________________________________
2. Could you tell us how long it took to get the application approved? ______________ days
3. Does the application process take longer than in of your country? If so, by how many
days? _____________________________________ days
4. How can this system of application be improved in your opinion? ____________________
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2. Was it vital to use a broker? If so, how many did you use? __________________________
3. Was it costly to pay a broker? Could you tell us how much as a percentage of the total cost
of investment application? __________________________________________________
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4. Did you have to pay unofficial fees to every institution involved? Could you tell us the
percentage of the amount of the total cost of investment application? _________________
____________________ _____________________________________ ______________
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5. Do you think land tenure is a grave concern in your business? Why? _________________
6. Could you list all barriers to investment application in order of difficulty, and reasons?
i) ______________________________________________________________________
Reason: _________________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________________
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Reason: _________________________________________________________________
iii) _____________________________________________________________________
Reason: _________________________________________________________________
II.B. Business Operations
1. Did you have to pay the government in order to clear the forest? If so, could you tell us in
brief the model of payment? _________________________________________________
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2. How many hectares have you planted with crops? Please provide information on land size
by crops: ________________________________________________________________
____________________ _____________________________________ ______________
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