Lyhong SO

In theory, economic land concessions are meant to increase agricultural productivity and spark economic growth, however this scheme has not proven to be effective in either respect. A large portion of the land that was granted remains either unused or underutilized. And, as the UN’s OHCHR wrote in 2007, “instead of promoting rural development and poverty reduction, economic land concessions have compromised the rights and livelihoods of rural communities in Cambodia.”