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 [...]