Rights to private land ownership were guaranteed in the 1993 Constitution and formally established by the 2001 land Law. Despite an established legal framework to protect private property rights, those rights are often insecure for many. ...

Forests are an extremely important part of Myanmar’s natural resources. However, competing economic interests have resulted in the country having one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. 1 the state owns all land and forest in Myanmar 2, but external business interests ...

A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a defined area within a country that is subject to different laws and regulations than other areas of the country. these comprehensive industrial areas provide preferential incentives to investors and offer government import-export administrative support to facilitate trade. Though ...

There are four major international donors to land rights development and reform in Cambodia: The World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada. Their support spans multiple programs and several years with The overall objective of improving land tenure security and promoting stable land markets. ...

Infrastructure Connects SEZs SEZs need Infrastructure to connect with neighbourIng countries, improve quality of life, and promote trade and Investment.104 Both soft and hard Infrastructure is needed. Soft Infrastructure Includes Institutional components such as education, healthcare and human capital, whereas hard Infrastructure is the physical ones such ...

Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG5) focuses on gender equality and women’s  empowerment, breaking down this topic into nine goals with 14 associated targets. These targets cover discrimination in workplaces and homes, property rights, education and a broad range of oTher topics related to gender. Goals ...

Land registration and titling of private property has been ongoing for more than a decade. As the Cambodian government works to formally register all private property, there is a dual system of soft possessory rights to be replaced by hard ownership rights through nationally-recognized title. ...

World Bank Headquarters, 2013: World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings. Photo by Simone D. McCourte, World Bank, taken on 16 April 2013. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Funding data on development and assistance to land tenure and titling issues presents an incomplete and conflicting picture. Though various sources exist ...

Thailand is currently implementing a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Development Plan to establish ten SEZs along the border regions of the country. However, the Special Economic Zone Act is still in draft form. It has been submitted to the National Legislative Assembly but is yet ...

Beginning in 2002, the World Bank, Germany, Finland and Canada began a joint-program to promote land tenure security in Cambodia by providing financial and technical support to land titling efforts. Following the eviction of residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh due ...

Thailand’s Special Economic Zone policy is intended to contribute to the economic of the less developed border regions to improve the livelihoods of their citizens. However, the process of the acquisition and development of the public land acquired for SEZs in Thailand has been shown ...

Introduction The ChInese government has accepted three recommendations (made by Ecuador, Peru, and Kenya) to address The human rights and environmental impacts of overseas ChInese Investment and Infrastructure projects. This signals a shift In The way that ChIna has been approachIng The human rights and environmental ...

Vietnam’s population and housing census is conducted every ten years and begins on April 1st. The country has conducted five population and housing censuses since The revolution in 1975, specifically in April of 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019.250 The fifth population and housing census ...

After the first general election in 1993, the government prepared and implemented a comprehensive micro- and macroeconomic policy and structural reform program to integrate Cambodia’s economy into the region and the world as well as stimulate its economic growth.298 in the two decades following that ...

Introduction The Association of SouTheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) published a set of guidelInes for member nations (which Include Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Lao PDR) to implement Special Economic Zones In 2016.404 The guidelInes are divided Into five chapters that contaIn eighteen different poInts In total.405 Generally, The ...

Land in Cambodia is divided into three classifications: private property, state private property and state public property. The distinction between state private property and state public property is essential to determining how state Land is to be used. ...

The Constitution of The Kingdom of Cambodia and The Land Law of 2001 both guarantee an individual’s right to property protection. Though part of The Government’s policy framework since 2002, not until 2010 did a legal framework exist to govern The process by which The ...

Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. the Cambodian Government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC ...

Lao PDR has been relatively unharmed by the novel coronavirus itself, with no reported deaths. the Prime Minister of Laos began issuing a series of lockdown measures on March 18, 2020, closing schools and restricting non-essential activities. A period of full lockdown lasted almost a ...

State public land has a public interest value or provides a public service. The land is inalienable, although it can be leased for limited uses that do not alter or damage its public value. State public land should only be reclassified if The land no ...