"Despite the tens of millions of dollars in aid and concessional loans being spent in Cam- bodia with the ostensible aim of securing land tenure and making the management of land and natural resources more equitable and sustainable, the evidence shows that tenure insecurity, forced evictions and large-scale land grabbing are escalating to alarming levels. Against this backdrop this discus- sion paper proposes a better approach to development interventions in the land sector, in which processes and tools that elevate rights, transparency and accountability are incorporated throughout the project cycle and broader country strategy. The paper calls on development partners to adopt a ten-pronged framework for a human rights approach to development that aims to shift power to Cam- bodia?s citizens and increase accountability of decision-makers and power-holders. The paper begins with a rationale for adopt- ing a human rights approach to development. Human rights are the foundation of just and prosperous societies in which individuals have WKHRSSRUWXQLWWROLYHGLJQL?HGIXOODQGPHDQ - ingful lives. The ultimate goal of development should therefore be a society in which civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights are fully respected and enjoyed as social and legal guarantees on a non-discriminatory basis. The path of development will be most conducive to such an outcome if members of society are encouraged to be active and informed agents in the development process, including through public debate, and are able to hold decision-makers to account..."