Development Displacement, Indigenous Peoples

Inclusive Development International (IDI) has put out a call for cases of forced displacement and resettlement caused by World Bank projects.  In response to a review that the World Bank is about to embark on to assess its safeguard policies, "[a] global campaign is now getting underway to push for stronger safeguards on involuntary resettlement to ensure that poor and vulnerable people are not made to shoulder the burden of development. In contribution to this campaign, IDI is collecting case studies and testimonies from around the world that illustrate why the current Bank policy and practice is failing to protect human rights."

For more information, read this post on TerraNullius.

Publications:

Indigenous Voices in Asia-Pacific: Identifying the Information and Communication Needs of Indigenous Peoples (UNDP, 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Concept of Human Security as a Tool for Analysing the Consequences of Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (SSRN, March 2012) [text]

Housing and Urbanization: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Resettlement Projects in Hồ Chí Minh City (SIT Graduate Institute, May 2012) [text]

State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012 (Minority Rights Group International, June 2012) [access]

Workshop Report: Dana Declaration +10 (RSC, May 2012) [text]


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