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New actions and existing policies: The implementation and impacts of Order 01
Order 01 on Measures for Strengthening and Increasing the Effectiveness of the Management of Economic Land Concessions (Order 01) declared a moratorium on the granting of new EL...
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Boeung Tompun Lake: Future unknown? Five residents tell their stories
This brief provides an update on the status of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tompun lake since approval was granted for private development in 2009. The brief outlines the lake’s role in ...
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Choosing survival: Finding a way to overcome current economic and political quagmires in Myanmar
This paper describes the current challenges Myanmar faces to shift to a system more inclusive of multiple interest groups. The authors provide background on the situation in Mya...
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Phnom Penh's communities under threat of eviction
This document provides a comprehensive list of Phnom Penh settlements under formal or informal threat of eviction. Data are provided on stated reasons for eviction, location fea...
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Policy for the poor? Phnom Penh, tenure security and Circular 03
In May 2010, the Cambodian Government approved a circular on "resolution of temporary settlement on land which has been illegally occupied in the capital, municipal, and urban a...
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Land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam
This paper explores land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam. The research is based on field work, discussions with officials and scholars and background research, a...
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Land for my grandchildren: land-use and tenure change in Ratanakiri 1989-2007
This paper draws on case studies from three communities in Ratanakiri to illustrate both the forces driving land-use and tenure change as well as how effective community stewar...
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Old policies - new action: a surprising political initiative to recognize human rights in Cambodian land reform
Under the motto 'old policies, new action', in June 2012 the Cambodian Prime Minister initiated a massive land registration campaign on untitled former forest land. Unauthorised...
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Better land access for the rural poor: lessons from experience and challenges ahead
"This study highlights lessons from recent policy, law and practice to improve and secure access to rural land for poorer groups. It focuses on Africa, Latin America and Asia, w...
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Community guide: Protecting community lands and resources
"The Government of Liberia is in the process of drafting new land laws that give people ownership rights over their customary lands. This guide teaches communities how to go thr...
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Donor accountability and local governance: Development assistance to the Cambodian land sector
This article looks at World Bank and German land sector support and highlights the challenges these actors have faced in ensuring effective implementation of land sector reform ...
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Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
During 2012, a key choice facing developing countries revealed itself ever more starkly. Would they choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of t...
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NGO position papers on Cambodia's development in 2007-2008
These papers present NGOs’ views regarding the current situation of Cambodia’s development, with the aim of providing constructive feedback on progress made on the implementatio...
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Resettling Phnom Penh: 54 and counting?
This report provides select findings of an extensive survey of relocation sites in and around Phnom Penh, conducted in 2011 and 2012. The aim of the report is to highlight some ...
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A tale of two cities: Review of the development paradigm in Phnom Penh
This report is a review of city’s development paradigm, including an examination of urban services and infrastructure, the regulatory framework, mobility networks, major stakeho...
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Large-scale land grabbing in Cambodia: failure of international and national policies to secure the indigenous peoples' rights to access land and resources
Indigenous communities in Cambodia are legally recognized and should thus have been protected by the Land Law and the Forestry Law, entitling them to communal land titles. A num...
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Rights razed: forced evictions in Cambodia
This report published in 2008, shows how, contrary to Cambodia’s obligations under international human rights law, those affected by evictions have had no opportunity for genuin...
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United Nations commentary and guidelines on eviction and resettlement
Evictions and resettlement processes have become major issues of concern in Cambodia, with serious consequences for the lives and well-being of individuals and communities. This...
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Economic land concessions in Cambodia: A human perspective
Instead of promoting rural development and poverty reduction, economic land concessions have compromised the rights and livelihoods of rural communities in Cambodia. To promote ...
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(16 July 2012) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi
Twenty years after the Paris Peace Agreements, the Special Rapporteur takes stock of progress in Cambodia's human rights situation, with particular emphasis on land issues and l...