Risks and Reconstruction : Experiences of Resettlers and Refugees.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-487).

Risks, safeguards, and reconstruction: a model for population displacement and resettlement / Michael M. Cernea -- "Successful" refugee settlement: are past experiences relevant? / Eftihia Voutira and Barbara Harrell-Bond -- Risks associated with landlessness: and exploration toward socially friendly displacement and resettlement / Ranjit Nayak -- Reconstructing livelihoods through land settlement schemes: comparative reflections on refugees and oustees in Africa / Véronique Lasailly-Jacob -- Employment for displacees in the socialist market economy of China / Sheilah Meikle and Zhu Youxan -- Economic recovery after involuntary resettlement: the case of brickmakers displaced by the Yacyretá hydroelectric project / María Clara Mejía -- Restoring housing under urban infrastructure projects in India / I.U.B. Reddy -- Alebu: Eritrean refugees return and restore their livelihoods / Christian Sørensen -- From marginalization to sharing the project benefits / Walter Fernandes -- From corn to cotton: changing indicators of food security among resettled Vasavas / Roxanne Hakim -- Food security in refuge and return: some aspects of entitlements, markets, and modalities / Reginald Herbold Green -- Common property resources and resettlement / Gaim Kibreab -- The effects of resettlement on access to common property resources / Dolores Koenigh and Tiéman Diarra -- Postconflict reconstruction in Azerbaijan: a user's perspective on social assessment and stakeholder consultation / Jonathan C. Brown -- The creation of community: well-being without wealth in an urban Greek refugee locality / Renée Hirschon -- Social re-articulation after resettlement: observing the Beles Valley scheme in Ethiopia / Wolde-Selassie Abutte -- Social re-articulation and community regeneration among resettled displacees / L.K. Mahapatra and Sheela Mahapatra.

Annotation The magnitude of population displacement and its consequences have placed the issues of reconstructing the livelihoods of those displaced on the world's development agenda. Addressing these issues from a novel perspective, Risks and Reconstruction offers a comparative analysis of the two largest groups of the world's displaced populations: resettlers being uprooted by development programs and refugees fleeing military conflicts or natural calamities. The book explores the condition of being "displaced," the risks of impoverishment and social disarticulation, the rights and entitlements of those uprooted, and most importantly, how these groups can reconstruct their livelihoods. It uses a common set of concepts, derived from the impoverishment risks and reconstruction model. The world's interest in forced resettlers and refugees has considerably increased in the last two decades. There are some 30 million refugees and persons in a refugee-like situations in the world. About 10 million people around the world are displaced and resettled every year by development programs. Many governments, responding to national and international concerns, have strengthened their policies and assistance programs in this area. The purpose of Risks and Reconstruction is twofold: first, to analyze the risks faced by these populations and to disseminate problem-resolution approaches, good safeguarding practices, successful reconstruction and development experiences; second, to explore the possible synergies between refugee research and resettlement research and deepen understanding of these issues. In the book, scholars and practitioners report on new empirical research, ideas and development projects from many parts of the world, including China, India, Africa, Argentina, Colombia, Greece. Although this volume focuses on developing countries, experiences from developed countries are also discussed. Risks and Reconstruction is an invaluable reference tool for policymakers, academics, development practitioners, nongovernmental organizations, aid and refugee agencies, and anyone interested in today's international development issues.

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