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Contributions to Public Finance
Total contributions by Smart over the last
five years reached USD199 million. This
expanded to USD65 million in 2016 alone,
up from USD19 million in 2012, representing
a CAGR of 36.1% (see Figure 4). Smart’s
contribution of USD65 million includes
regulatory related fees, levies and payments.
Smart’s tax contribution alone accounted for
3.6%of national tax income, excluding other
regulatory related fees and payments.
NATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
REPORT
Figure 5: Total employment impact 2016
12,668
1,047
26,921
Supported by
capital investment
Directly
employed
Operations - indirectly supported
31%
66%
40,656
Jobs
supported
3%
Talent Development
Total employment impact 2016
Smart provided 1,047 direct jobs in 2016
of which 98% of the positions were staffed
by Cambodian citizens (see Figure 5).
About 37% of Smart employees were
women. During the year, Smart engaged
199 interns as part of its goal to provide
young people with specialist skills required
in the ICT and digital economy. Smart also
indirectly supported an additional 27,000
jobs through its operations, and a further
12,700 jobs through its capital investments.
Note: As a % of total GVA contribution; Numbers may not balance due to rounding
Figure 4: Total contribution to public
finance, 2012-2016
19
24
32
59
65
2012
USD million
2013 2014 2015
2016
Education
Education is one of the significant drivers
for country development. Through its CSR
pillar Education, Smart continues playing
an active role in various initiatives as a key
development partner with the Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport and Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications of
Cambodia to ensure sufficient skilled
human resources for the country.
Education as a key component of a
knowledge-based society
The Government of Cambodia’s long-term
vision of Education for All is to ensure
equal access to quality basic education for
all citizens and to prepare its citizens to
play an active role in building the country
as well as integrating Cambodia into the
knowledge-based global community.
Smart runs many programmes designed
to empower youth with basic education
and literacy; expedite the proliferation
of digital literacy; promote continuous
education; encourage entrepreneurship
and ICT as well as support national
culture awareness. Some of Smart’s key
education-related CSR activities include
the award winning National Literacy
Campaign 2015 in partnership with long-
term partner UNESCO, Mobile Library and
Factory in partnership with Sipar, and the
SmartEdu Scholarship programme which
offers ten tertiary scholarships annually.
Smart has also sponsored other education
events and Government capacity building
initiatives, including the construction of
a dormitory for the National Institute of
Posts, Telecoms and ICT.
Smart’s labour productivity over the
last three years
Smart’s productivity, measured as Gross
Value Added (GVA) per employee,
increased from USD98,256 in 2014 to
USD133,383 in 2016 with a CAGR of
16.5% between 2014 and 2016. Significant
growth in operational profits supports the
expanding of productivity.
In Support of the National Agenda
As part of the Cambodian Government’s
national agenda, many priorities have
been identified as key development areas.
These priorities present Smart with an
opportunity to play a role in Cambodia’s
development. The following section
provides an overview of some focus areas
and Smart’s contribution to them.