Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice

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ISBN: 971-561-152-4
Pub. Date: 1998
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The Handbook, one of a series of publications that address the integration of social dimensions into ADB operations, is intended to complement the ADB's policy on Involuntary Resettlement. It describes the resettlement process and operational requirements within ADB's project cycle.

The Handbook has nine chapters which cover such topics as resettlement plan in the project cycle, key planning concepts, consultation and participation, data collecting methods and their application to resettlement planning and implementation, income-restoration strategies, institutional framework, and monitoring and evaluation. 115 pages.

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Foreword

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1. Introduction

1.1 Resettlement Losses
1.2 The Bank's Involuntary Resettlement Policy
1.3 Resettlement in Different Project Types
1.4 The Project Cycle
1.5 Issues in Land Acquisition and Resettlement
1.6 Good Practice

2. The Resettlement Plan in the Project Cycle
2.1 Deciding on the Type of Resettlement Plan
2.2 Requirements for Resettlement Plans
2.3 Full Resettlement Plan: Recommended Outline
2.4 Short Resettlement Plan: Recommended Outline
2.5 Land Acquisition and Resettlement in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
2.6 Land Acquisition and Resettlement in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points for Sector Loans/Subprojects

3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts
3.1 Avoiding or Minimizing Resettlement
3.2 Policy Framework
3.3 Developing a Resettlement Policy
3.4 Defining Entitlement and Eligibility
3.5 Resettlement Planning for Vulnerable Groups
3.6 The Entitlement Matrix
3.7 Resettlement Budget and Financing
3.8 Land Acquisition and Resettlement Time Line
3.9 Checklist: Key Planning Concepts

4. Consultation and Participation
4.1 Identification of Stakeholders
4.2 Participation Mechanisms
4.3 Participation in the Project Cycle
4.4 Institutional Framework and Grievance Redress
4.5 Consultation and Community Participation in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
4.6 Checklist: Consultation and Participation

5. Socioeconomic Information
5.1 Preparing for Data Collection
5.2 Data Collection Methods and Objectives
5.3 Deciding What Data to Collect
5.4 Improving Data Collection Effectiveness

5.5 Data Collection Operations
5.6 Reporting Survey Results
5.7 Data Collection and Surveys in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
5.8 Checklist: Socioeconomic Information

6. Relocation
6.1 Issues in Relocation Planning
6.2 Relocation Options
6.3 Choice of Relocation Sites
6.4 Relocation Plans and Targets
6.5 Living with the Host Population
6.6 Relocation in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
6.7 Checklist: Relocation

7. Income Restoration
7.1 Issues in Income Restoration
7.2 Income Restoration Programs
7.3 Income Restoration in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
7.4 Checklist: Income Restoration

8. Institutional Framework
8.1 Issues concerning the Institutional Framework
8.2 Establishing Resettlement Unit
8.3 Staffing and Budget
8.4 Staff Training and Capacity Building
8.5 NGOs as Resettlement Implementation Agents
8.6 Resettlement Coordination Committees
8.7 Grievance Redress Committees
8.8 Institutional Framework in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
8.9 Checklist: Institutional Framework

9. Monitoring and Evaluation
9.1 Resettlement Monitoring, Review and Evaluation: Basic Terms
9.2 The Resettlement Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
9.3 Internal Monitoring
9.4 External Monitoring and Evaluation
9.5 Participation of APs and NGOs in Monitoring, Review and Evaluation
9.6 Monitoring and Evaluation in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
9.7 Checklist: Monitoring and Evaluation

Selected Reading List
Appendix 1: The Bank's Policy on Involuntary Resettlement
Appendix 2: Sample Terms of Reference for Full Resettlement Plan
Appendix 3: Resettlement Policies in Selected DMCs

Appendix 4: Resettlement Monitoring: Sample Formats for Monthly Progress Reports

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Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice

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