Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development (LASED) Project

Review of Experience in Land Distribution in Cambodia

The overall objective of this report is to propose recommendations for the programming of land distribution, by reviewing and analyzing past experiences  implemented by various practitioners of settlement and land distribution in Cambodia.

As part of the Government of Cambodia's strategy for poverty reduction, which supports the achievement of Cambodia’s Millenium Development Goals, the 2001 land policy ascribes three missions to the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction, namely land management, land administration, and land redistribution.

GTZ and the World Bank assist the Government of Cambodia in its efforts to address land allocation, considered a cornerstone of its strategy to ensure sustainable economic growth with equity. In this respect, the World Bank and GTZ support a Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), which has focused on laying the institutional groundwork of land policy and legislation, strengthening of the core land administration institution -- the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction -- and establishing the procedures for and implementation of land titling and registration.

1. land identification;
2. target land recipient identification;
3. service delivery and infrastructure provision for LASED communes (public packages) and land recipients (private packages); and
4. planning and management of local social land concession sub-projects.

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August 2005

More information:
Cambodia: Rural Sector Strategy Note - Towards a Strategy for Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction