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'The policy treats involuntary resettlement as a development opportunity and allows planners to manage impoverishment risks and turn the people dispossessed or displaced into project beneficiaries, particularly the poor and vulnerable, who may be disproportionately affected by resettlement losses'. (OM section F2/BP para 3)

'Each involuntary resettlement is conceived and executed as part of a development project or program. ADB and executing agencies or project sponsors, during project preparation, assess opportunities for affected people to share project benefits….' (OM section F2/BP para 4(iv))

'Measures to improve the status of the poor and vulnerable should focus on strategies to avoid further impoverishment and create new income opportunities'. (OM section F2/OP para 16)

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