The Question of Land in Cambodia: Perceptions, Access, and Use since De-collectivization

Introduction Cambodia is one of the countries in the world which experienced the most radical disruption of its land tenure. Almost its entire present adult population has been forced at one time or another to leave its lands and houses, whether because of the American bombings (1969-1973) which were particularly murderous in the south-eastern part of the country (the bombs’ holes are still visible from an airplane); or on a far greater scale, during the Democratic Kampuchea regime, called th...