Land rights as an engine of growth? An analysis of Cambodian land grabs in the context of development theory |
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| Institution: | 1. LL.M’13, Berkleley Law, University of California, United States;2. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium;3. Economics and Rural Development, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Belgium;1. AgroParisTech, UMR 1048 SAD-APT, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France;2. INRA, UMR 1048 SAD-APT, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France;3. Unité Agriterr – Lecor ESITPA, 3, rue du Tronquet, CS 40118, F-76134 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France;4. INRA, UR 1303 ALISS, F-94205 Ivry-sur-Seine, France;1. Faculty of Forest Science, National University of Lao PDR (NUOL), P.O. Box: 7322, Vientiane, Lao Democratic People’s Republic;2. University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350, Australia;3. University of Melbourne (UOM), Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia;1. Faculty of Business, Babes-Bolyai University, 7 Horea Street, Cluj-Napoca, 400174, Romania;2. Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organization, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, 9000, Ghent, Belgium;3. Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology and Center of Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources, Babes-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;4. Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, 30 Fantanele Street, Cluj-Napoca, 400294, Romania;1. Department of Geography, The University of Western Ontario, Canada;2. MOSAIC Project, Cambodia;3. FIAN, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Forceful evictions have become a serious problem in Cambodia with an increasing number of families being deprived of their land, homes and livelihoods without compensation. This article analyses Cambodian land rights in the context of economic development theory. It assesses whether increasing economic inequalities, stemming from forceful evictions, can be categorized as an impediment to Cambodian economic growth. The Cambodian case illustrates that a lack of good governance due to corruption leads to the unequal distribution of land which, in turn, causes inequitable economic development. The paper concludes that Cambodia is trapped in a vicious cycle of inequality, which is upheld by elites who benefit from evictions and land concessions while evictees become trapped in poverty. Given that the population is growing angrier, the article warns of potential for a violent revolution that could have disastrous consequences for the Cambodian kingdom, a country that recently emerged from years of civil conflicts and is still in the process of rebuilding its social fabric. |
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| Keywords: | Land rights Land governance Evictions Institutional arrangements Corruption Cambodia |
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