Displacement, resettlement, and livelihood restoration: safeguard standards in practice. Issue 2 (17th February 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kabra, Asmita
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 28:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 269
• Page End: 279
• Publication Date: 2018-02-17
• Subjects: Aid – Accountability, Development policies -- Governance and public policy -- Conflict and reconstruction – Forced displacement -- Labour and livelihoods -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2018.1418296
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

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.