The Youth Study Tour was a great opportunity for me and other young people to learn about development work in communities, and especially about development programs supported by the World Bank. It has made me aware of how much financial support the World Bank gives the Cambodian people for development. Members of the tour group [...]
Sitting on the floor of her tiny thatched cottage, rocking her sleeping 18-month-old child in a hammock, Rin Neang, 23, and eight months pregnant with another child, is full of hope that her family will soon own its own piece of land. “I heard that they [the government] will give my family a piece of [...]
Land grabbing issue in Cambodia Sim Naren and her children are busy clearing grass off her land to plant more crops. A small patch of her two hectares is already cleared, with rice and corn and fruit trees growing on it. But there is a lot more work to do. Naren, a 45-yearold widow, puts [...]
Prime Minister Hun Sen has repeatedly warned that a failure to improve land management and stop “land grabbing” could lead to a “farmers’ revolution.” While the World Bank is supporting the government to title more land under its Land Management and Administration Project, the issue of what to do about existing land disputes remains a [...]
From March 27 to April 7, 2006, a joint mission by the World Bank and the Government of Germany through GTZ (German Technical Cooperation) reviewed progress on the preparation of a proposed Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development Project (LASED). The proposal is being prepared under the guidance of the Council for Land Policy [...]
Nearly 200 school-age children in two remote villages of Phom Preuk district in Battambang province are facing a dire future of illiteracy due to poverty, land conflicts and school shortages, according to local education officials, RFA reported Apr 10. A representative of 115 families residing in Terk Chenh Thom and O Sra Lav villages in [...]
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) to revoke licenses and seize land of private companies if found to be encroaching upon people’s land, media reported April 24. Addressing private companies’ requests at the 13th Government-Private Sector Forum yesterday, he warned that private firms’ business license will be annulled [...]