TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Post-Relocation Support for People Resettled by Infrastructure Development
AU - Downing, Theodore E.
AU - Shi, Guoqing
AU - Zaman, Mohammad
AU - Garcia-Downing, Carmen
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Breakthroughs in PReS have been uneven, appearing in legislative, policy and on-the-ground institutional and financial work in the hydropower sector in selected countries such as China by resettlement with development policies and post-relocation fund (Shi et al. ) and in Ghana by trust fund (Koranteng and Shi ). Innovations are appearing in the transport sector, e.g. involving toll roads/bridges in Bangladesh (Zaman et al. ; Zaman and Khatun ; Zaman ; Zaman et al. ) and India (Zaman et al. ) and in private-sector investments in mining (Owen et al. , ; Wang et al. ). International financial intermediaries (IFI) have not yet mandated post-relocation support for relocated peoples into their resettlement policies and planning tools such as in resettlement action plans (World Bank , , ; Koch-Weser and Guggenheim ). The International Finance Corporation has long experimented with the use of benefit-sharing arrangements since the early 1990s. Their work extended beyond financial, rent capturing and disbursal to scores of arrangements crafted to local context, specifically by use of multi-purpose development foundations supported by hydropower rents.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Lagging other components, project-induced resettlement rarely, if ever, is completed after those resettled are compensated and replacement infrastructure handed-over. Initiating livelihood restoration programs may jumpstart but fall short of re-articulating dismantled local economies. Successful resettlement requires pre- and post-relocation actions that will help resellers and their hosts re-articulate new routine social and economic arrangements and improve their well-being. This Special Issue examines the distinct challenges of the post-relocation phase of resettlement. During this phase, the resettlement burdens shift from the relocation project to the resettlers, their hosts, and third parties; from individual to collective issues; and from mitigation to development. For decades, China has experienced with a variety of long-term, post-relocation policies, programs and methodologies. The contributors provide a glimpse of an extensive toolkit being crafted for use in this localized context-defined phase. Some are transferable. Others are not. Post-relocation support (PReS) adds value to improving the likelihood of successful outcomes.
AB - Lagging other components, project-induced resettlement rarely, if ever, is completed after those resettled are compensated and replacement infrastructure handed-over. Initiating livelihood restoration programs may jumpstart but fall short of re-articulating dismantled local economies. Successful resettlement requires pre- and post-relocation actions that will help resellers and their hosts re-articulate new routine social and economic arrangements and improve their well-being. This Special Issue examines the distinct challenges of the post-relocation phase of resettlement. During this phase, the resettlement burdens shift from the relocation project to the resettlers, their hosts, and third parties; from individual to collective issues; and from mitigation to development. For decades, China has experienced with a variety of long-term, post-relocation policies, programs and methodologies. The contributors provide a glimpse of an extensive toolkit being crafted for use in this localized context-defined phase. Some are transferable. Others are not. Post-relocation support (PReS) adds value to improving the likelihood of successful outcomes.
KW - Involuntary resettlement
KW - benefit-sharing (BS)
KW - development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR)
KW - economics of well-being
KW - land acquisition
KW - post-relocation support (PReS)
KW - post-resettlement support (PRS)
KW - project affected people (PAP)
KW - social impact assessment
KW - social stability risk assessment (SSRA)
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U2 - 10.1080/14615517.2021.1980277
DO - 10.1080/14615517.2021.1980277
M3 - Editorial
AN - SCOPUS:85121492981
VL - 39
SP - 357
EP - 365
JO - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
JF - Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
SN - 1461-5517
IS - 5
ER -