Cambodia's microfinance over-indebtedness crisis is leading to human rights abuses. In 2020, the average microloan in Cambodia was $4,280 – the largest in the world. The average microloan was larger than 95% of Cambodians' incomes. There were 2.8 million microloans held across the country's 3.6 million households.
More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, loss of income and food insecurity as the ING City project and other unsustainable developments destroy the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands in the capital’s south.
Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance institutions (MFIs) and collateralised by borrowers’ land titles – to meet their basic needs. Hundreds of thousands of heavily indebted workers are now out of work, after hundreds of factories suspended their operations, putting them at risk of land loss and other human rights abuses.
A screen shot of an interactive map showing the land concession granted to Snoul Investment in 2007.
An interactive map showing the ELC granted to Cambodia State Farm in 1998.
An interactive map showing the ELC granted to CamAgra in 2007.
An interactive map showing the rubber plantation area of Brightway under ELC granted in 2007.
Screen shot of an interactive map showing the rubber plantation area of Long Sreng in Beoung Ket under ELC granted in 2007.
An interactive map showing the rubber plantation area of An Mady Group in Pean Cheang under an ELC granted in 2008.
This document aims to explain the land case involving the Dey Krahorm community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was compiled as an advocacy and legal tool to support the families who continue to live on the site and to challenge the legality of the contract which threatens to cost them their land. The report is based largely on documents and other information provided by community representatives of Dey Krahorm, and NGO partners involved in the case.
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