Cambodia

On September 4, 2009, the inspection panel (the 'panel') received a request for inspection (the 'request') related to the Cambodia: Land Management and Administration... Show More + Project (LMAP). The requesters state that members of one of the communities affected by the project have suffered serious harm from the design and implementation of the project and claim that the issues of the affected community need be urgently addressed because further, severe harm may be caused by the project in the very near future. The requesters have asked the panel to keep confidential their names, the names of the people they represent, and the name of the community. According to the development credit agreement, the project is aimed at assisting the borrower in its efforts to implement a 'program of actions, objectives and policies designed to improve land tenure security and promote the development of efficient land markets.' In this regard, the project objectives include: (i) the development of adequate national policies, a regulatory framework and institutions for land administration; (ii) the issuance and registration of titles in rural and urban areas in the project provinces; and (iii) the establishment of an efficient and transparent land administration system. Show Less -