This book addresses the issue of displacement of tribal people in the name of development. Taking a close look at the economic and industrial development of India, it explores the ground reality of this development. Tracing the causes of displacement, it highlights the environmental, social and human costs of developmental projects on the oustees. It also discusses at length the reality of impoverished risks in the local scenario, legislative involvement and ...
Can Compensation Prevent Impoverishment?: Reforming Resettlement Through Investments and Benefit-Sharing
The international public debate on development-caused displacement and resettlement is intensifying. Social science research is feeding into these debates new empirical findings and recommendations for reforming the economic foundations and legal norms of resettlement policies. Critical of government as well as private sector projects that impoverish those forcibly relocated, this volume rejects the long-held key thesis that compensation is in itself enough to ...
