{"id":1204,"date":"2015-08-07T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T02:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuk.or.id\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2018-12-28T17:51:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T17:51:35","slug":"civil-society-concerns-regarding-world-bank-reengagement-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuk.or.id\/en\/2015\/08\/civil-society-concerns-regarding-world-bank-reengagement-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil society concerns regarding World Bank reengagement in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ulrich Zachau
\nCountry Director, Cambodia
\nWorld Bank
\nCc: President Jim Yong Kim
\nExecutive Directors
\nAugust 7, 2015
\nRe: Civil society concerns regarding World Bank reengagement in Cambodia
\nDear Mr. Zachau,
\nIn August 2011, the World Bank made a public commitment to suspend all new lending to Cambodia until a resolution was found for families who had been forcibly evicted from the Boeung Kak area, or who remained without tenure security in their homes around the lake.
\nWe applauded this demonstration of accountability to intended beneficiaries of the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), who faced serious harm, including impoverishment, instead of enjoying either the project\u2019s benefits or the safeguards accorded by the Bank\u2019s operational policies. We continue to believe that the World Bank took the right stand in 2011, not only in defense of the Boeung Kak families, but for all Cambodians who seek equitable and accountable development of their country.
\nLast month, your office announced a process of consultations to inform the design of an Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for the Bank\u2019s programming in Cambodia for a two to three year period. The adoption of the ISN will mark a formal lifting of the lending suspension that has been in place for four years.
\nWe, the undersigned organizations, seek assurances from you that the ISN will include a strategy for dealing with outstanding grievances of the Boeung Kak families, as per the Bank\u2019s public commitment. While some grievances have been addressed through the issuance of titles to remaining families – which we believe is a result of the Bank\u2019s principled action – throughout these years thousands of families have continued to face tenure insecurity or battled the daily hardships caused by their displacement.
\nIn particular, we expect that the ISN will include a strategy for:<\/p>\n