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World Bank’s Boeng Kak Failure Cited in UN Report

11 March 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Aid and development / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Multilateral development assistance / Social development / World Bank
Boeng Kak evictees / Boeng Kak neighborhood / Boeung Kak / Boeung Kak Lake / Bou Saroeun / compensation / forced eviction / Geneva / housing rights / Human Rights / illegal eviction / Land issues / Land rights / Land titles / land-titling program / land-titling project / loan freeze / loans / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Raquel Rolnik / U.N Human Rights Council in Geneva / U.N. Human Rights Council / U.N.’s Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Raquel Rolnik / UN / United Nations / World Bank / World Bank loan freeze

The U.N.’s expert on housing rights has cited the World Bank’s failure to help thousands of families evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood as a prime example of why the bank needs to make human rights a focus of its land sector programs worldwide. At ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-banks-boeng-kak-failure-cited-in-un-report-14120/

No loans until poll: World Bank

7 December 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Banking and financial services / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Government / International relations / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Multilateral development assistance / Public land lease / World Bank
Boeung Kak Lake / Cambodia / Development / forced evictions / Land titles / loan freeze / loans / national election / Pamela Cox / World Bank

Discussions on restarting World Bank loans to Cambodia will not commence until after the 2013 elections, a bank official said yesterday. After a landmark freeze on loans announced in December 2010, a response to the forced evictions by the government of residents of the Boeung Kak ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012120760160/National-news/no-loans-until-poll-world-bank.html

Donor Forum Put on Hold by Goverment

23 August 2011
The Cambodia Daily
Anti-corruption / Budget / Economy and commerce / Government
annual budget / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Boeng Kak Lake Area / Cambodia / Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum / Cambodian Government / Center for the Development of Cambodia / Cheam Yeap / Council of Ministers / CPP / development aid / development assistance / development partners / development targets / Donor Forum / draft law / Elena Tischenko / evictions / extractive industries / Finance Minister / financial support / Flynn Fuller / Global economy / government reform / grassroots groups / indigenous people / International Development / Japanese Embassy / Keat Chhon / Land rights / loan freeze / National Assembly’s Economy Finance Banking and Audit Committee / NGOs / public finances / Qimiao Fan / railway project / regulation / reserves / The Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness / UN Development Program / US Embassy / World Bank

The government has postponed a top-level meeting with its foreign donors scheduled for November, a move that comes just over a week after a displeased World Bank revealed its decision to freeze all future loans to Cambodia. In an Aug 17 letter to World Bank ...

http://www.camnet.com.kh/cambodia.daily/

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