Displacement,resettlement, and livelihood restoration: safeguard standards in practice |
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Authors: | Asmita Kabra |
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Institution: | 1. asmita@aud.ac.in |
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Abstract: | This article presents a case study of development practice based on the author’s experience of designing a livelihood restoration plan and monitoring its implementation. The plan was based on safeguard standards of a multilateral development bank that funded a private sector renewable energy project on land belonging to a vulnerable community in Central India. Illustrating the challenges faced in implementing and monitoring this plan and the reasons for its failure, the article argues that a complex set of institutional and individual relationships determine the way in which safeguard policies are translated into practice by diverse and interrelated actors. |
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Keywords: | Aid – Accountability Development policies Governance and public policy Conflict and reconstruction – Forced displacement Labour and livelihoods South Asia |
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