Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice

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Foreword

Abbreviations

Glossary

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

3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts

4. Consultation and Participation

5. Socioeconomic Information

6. Relocation

7. Income Restoration

8. Institutional Framework

9. 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

Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice : 1. Introduction

1.2. The Bank's Involuntary Resettlement Policy

Until recently, the social and environmental impacts of displacement caused by Bank-financed projects were largely addressed by using the Bank's Guidelines for Social Analysis¹ and Environmental Assessment² . In February 1994, the President instructed Bank staff to apply the World Bank's Operational Directive 4.30 on Involuntary Resettlement³ to all aspects of involuntary resettlement in Bank projects. The adoption of the Bank's own policy on Involuntary Resettlement (November 1995) formalizes and strengthens the Bank's approach to this issue. The main objectives and principles of the policy are summarized below. The full policy is included in Appendix 1.

Objectives and Principles of ADB Involuntary Resettlement Policy
Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible.
Where population displacement is unavoidable, it should be minimized by exploring all viable project options.
People unavoidably displaced should be compensated and assisted, so that their economic and social future would be generally as favorable as it would have been in the absence of the project.
People affected should be informed fully and consulted on resettlement and compensation options.
Existing social and cultural institutions of resettlers and their hosts should be supported and used to the greatest extent possible, and resettlers should be integrated economically and socially into host communities.
The absence of a formal legal title to land by some affected groups should not be a bar to compensation; particular attention should be paid to households headed by women and other vulnerable groups, such as indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, and appropriate assistance provided to help them improve their status.
As far as possible, involuntary resettlement should be conceived and executed as a part of the project.
The full costs of resettlement and compensation should be included in the presentation of project costs and benefits.
Costs of resettlement and compensation may be considered for inclusion in Bank loan financing for the project.

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Source: Involuntary Resettlement, Asian Development Bank, Manila, November 1995.

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¹ Guidelines for Social Analysis of Development Projects (June 1991); this was replaced by Guidelines for Incorporation of Social Dimension in Bank Operations in October 1993.

² Environmental Assessment Requirements and Environmental Review Procedures of the Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 1993.

³ Operational Directive 4.30 on Involuntary Resettlement, The World Bank, 1990.

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1.1 Resettlement Losses

1.3 Resettlement in Different Project Types

Catalog

1.2. The Bank's Involuntary Resettlement Policy