Managing public lands for equitable and sustainable development in Cambodia
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2015-04
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Centre for Policy Studies
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Public lands accounted for 80% of the country area until a decade ago. As Cambodia emerged from three decades of civil war and internal strife, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has granted more than 10% of the country area or 50% of the cultivatable land as large scale “Economic Land Concessions” (ELCs) to private companies, mostly foreign owned, in a mostly rigged process. Land disputes have become a permanent fixture in the press and a hot issue on human rights reports. There is a need for detailed public review of ELCs and to re-approach land management processes both before and after the concessions.
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT, LAND USE, CORRUPTION, LAND ACQUISITION, SMALLHOLDERS, ECONOMIC POLICY, LAND REFORM, GOVERNANCE, LEGISLATION, LAND TITLES, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RULE OF LAW, LAND ADMINISTRATION, LAND REGISTRATION