Good Practices in Resettlement: An Approach to Improving Development Outcomes [Hardcover]

In this collection, well-known resettlement and development practitioners examine successful resettlement practices, based on examples from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia and Vietnam.This collection examines successful resettlement practices based on examples from well-known resettlement and development practitioners. It includes experiences from resettlement campaigns in Australia, Bhutan, Canada, Colombia, India, Ireland, Japan, Philippines, Russia, and the US.Hari Mohan Mathur(19372022) was Distinguished Professor at Council for Social Development, New Delhi and member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Professor Mathur assembles more than a dozen case examples from around the world in which project proponents, financing institution staff, government agency officials, resettlement social scientists, NGOs, and civil society personnel all labored in close collaboration and consultation with project-affected people and communities in crafting innovative solutions to achieve resettlement with development. A useful and welcome addition to the emerging literature on cases of positive resettlement outcomes that counterbalance the dominant narrative of resettlement failure, this book illustrates what is possible and what can be achieved. David B. Halmo, independent researcher and co-author of Resettling Displaced Communities: Applying the International Standard for Involuntary Resettlement

Through careful documentation and analysis of successful aspects of development-driven resettlement projects, this book maps out essential elements to ensure that projects include the full participation of affected people and enhance living standards and improve livelihoods. Anthony Oliver-Smith, University of Florida

As the case studies assembled in this volume show, when there is enough pressure to solve resettlement fairly, praclÓ$