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In Cambodia Urban Renewal Takes A Nasty Twist

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Apr 17, 2008
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Just a stone’s throw away from Cambodia’s National Assembly in Phnom Penh, a fading billboard trumpets an urban renewal campaign promising to transform 100 poor communities into thriving neighborhoods within a year. Included is the decimated slum that lies behind the billboard – Dey Krahorm, or Red Earth village.

The billboard, erected a few months befor…

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