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Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards

The Involuntary Resettlement Policy is assessed as relevant to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as an institution that funds infrastructure provision and aims to reduce poverty. The policy has been broadly effective in achieving outcomes for affected persons and creating resettlement capacity in many executing agencies. However, it has been less than efficient in terms of inputs and processes, and is less likely sustainable given the high costs for ADB and clients.

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Contents

Executive Summary
[ PDF: 40kb | 9 pages ]

  1. Introduction
    1. Need for the Study
    2. Background
    3. Scope and Methodology of the Evaluation
    4. Organization of the Report

  2. ADB and Involuntary Resettlement Safeguards
    1. Affected Persons and Infrastructure Projects
    2. Informal Dwellers and Squatters in Asian Cities
    3. ADB's Policy Framework: A Summary and Some Observations
    4. Institutional Arrangements for IR Policy Implementation
    5. Involuntary Resettlement by Other Organizations

  3. Implementation of the Involuntary Resettlement Policy
    1. Resettlement Plans
    2. Affected Persons Registered by ADB Project Proposals
    3. Resettlement Performance Assessments Made by ADB
    4. Inspections, Compliance Review, and NGO Influence
    5. ADB Staff Views and Experience
    6. EA Staff Views and Experience

  4. Country Systems and ADB
    1. Review of Country Systems on Involuntary Resettlement
    2. ADB's Technical Assistance on Involuntary Resettlement
    3. ADB's Resettlement Policy Measured Against Resettlement Practices in Developed Countries

  5. Main Findings from Case Studies and Complex Issues
    1. Procedural and Efficiency Issues
    2. Impact and Added Value for Affected Persons
    3. Incremental Costs and Transaction Costs
    4. Complex Issues Encountered

  6. Assessment and Recommendations
    1. Assessment of the Involuntary Resettlement Policy
    2. Recommendations for the Update of the Safeguard Policies
    3. Recommendations for Involuntary Resettlement Implementation

    Appendixes
    [ PDF: 473kb | 96 pages ]

    1. Summary of Findings of Earlier Operations Evaluation Department Social Safeguard Studies
    2. Shifts in Operationalization of the Asian Development Bank's Involuntary Resettlement Policy
    3. Involuntary Resettlement by the World Bank
    4. Asian Development Bank Statistics on Resettlement Plans and Frameworks
    5. Asian Development Bank Statistics on Number and Percentage of Affected Persons in Projects with Involuntary Resettlement
    6. Thirty Projects with Highest Number of Affected Persons Between 1994 and 2005; Involuntary Resettlement
    7. Dams in Asian Development Bank-Supported Projects
    8. Land Acquisition and Resettlement Issues Discussed in Project Completion Reports
    9. Dams and Resettlement
    10. Asian Development Bank Inspections and Compliance Reviews
    11. Projects with Resettlement/Land Acquisition Concerns from Nongovernment Organizations/Community-Based Organizations
    12. Notes on Corruption and Resettlement
    13. Asian Development Bank Staff Questionnaire Findings
    14. Asian Development Bank Staff Suggestions for Improving Social Safeguard Policies and their Application
    15. Executing Agency Questionnaire Findings
    16. Review of Country Systems on Involuntary Resettlement
    17. Technical Assistance Regarding Land Acquisition and Resettlement
    18. Asian Development Bank Technical Assistance on Involuntary Resettlement
    19. Compensation and Resettlement in the United States Of America and in the Netherlands
    20. Main Findings from Project Case Studies: Procedural and Efficiency Issues
    21. Impact of Case Study Projects on Housing, Resettlement Sites, and Restoration Of Livelihoods

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