The clash of rural-urban migrants and real estate investors on Phnom Penh's housing market: Prospects for garment workers

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Housing markets of large cities around the world, particularly in so-called developing and emerging countries, are currently experiencing a clash: On the one hand, large numbers of labour migrants arrive from rural areas and need cheap rental housing. On the other hand, international real estate investment, particularly in the upper market segment, is strong. The resulting mismatch of housing demand and supply increases segregation, marginalises the vulnerable and leads to massive urban development problems. Phnom Penh illustrates this particularly well: Along with Cambodia's rapid globalisation in the last decades, hundreds of thousands of migrants, particularly garment workers, have moved to the capital. Housing for them is insufficient both in terms of supply and quality, though, because Phnom Penh's entrepreneurial mode of governance also attracts many investors, who focus on more profitable and prestigious real estate projects, often linked to speculation. These push land values up and push cheap rental housing further and further outside the city. This study carries out an indepth analysis of the prospects for rural-urban migrant workers on Phnom Penh's investor-driven housing market by firstly outlining both migration and real estate investment trends and by secondly examining the case of garment workers' housing. To complement the scarce literature on the topic, field research and expert interviews have been conducted. From these, an assessment of the status quo, of stakeholders' approaches to it and finally, proposals for action are derived.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Working Paper ; No. 91/2017

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Labor ; Other Consumer Nondurables: Clothing, Textiles, Shoes, and Leather Goods; Household Goods; Sports Equipment ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Government Policy ; Housing Supply and Markets ; Production Analysis and Firm Location: Government Policy
• Thema: housing ; real estate investment ; entrepreneurial city ; urbanisation ; ruralurban migration ; migrant workers ; garment industry

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Buttmann, Vera
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin, Institute for International Political Economy (IPE)
• (wo): Berlin
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/162832
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ