In December 2001, the World Bank officially adopted its revised Operational Policy on involuntary resettlement (OP 4.12). The policy is part of an inte grated suite of 10 social and environmental safeguard policies. Unlike the for mat of previous policy coverage, the format of OP 4.12 distinguishes between policy principles, standards, and requirements (OP 4.12) and the Bank’s own procedures (BP 4.12). Several other safeguard policies also distinguish between mandatory policy provisions and recommendations for good practice; the latter are offered in a separate good-practice section. The resettlement policy has no good-practice section; instead, it refers readers to this sourcebook for guidance on good practice. The chapters that follow provide resettlement practitioners (whether from the Bank, other donor agencies, borrower agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, consultants, or others) with guidance on the implementation of policy principles, the procedural requirements for projects, the technical aspects of resettlement planning, and the actual implementation of resettle ment. This guidance is intended to increase the likelihood that Bank-financed projects will achieve the objectives of OP 4.12: • To avoid or minimize adverse impacts and to conceive and execute reset tlement activities as sustainable development programs • To give displaced persons opportunities to participate in the design and implementation of resettlement programs • To assist displaced persons in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living, or at least to restore these to pre-project levels. This sourcebook draws its lessons mainly from the Bank’s project experi ence. In many respects, these lessons are encouraging: they indicate that most egregious forms of impoverishment and harm inflicted in the past can now be avoided through thorough planning and diligent implementation. Many of the people subjected to land acquisition or other adverse impacts have emerged as beneficiaries, with higher incomes or living standards than before the projects. Nonetheless, much remains to be learned. Involuntary resettlement is a com plicated subject. To achieve resettlement objectives remains an inherently risky proposition (otherwise there would be no reason to avoid or minimize the xxiv Involuntary Resettlement Sourcebook adverse impacts of involuntary resettlement). And new projects bring to the fore—with surprising frequency—new resettlement issues or challenges

Involuntary Resettlement Sourcebook: Planning and Implementation in Development Projects

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In December 2001, the World Bank officially adopted its revised Operational Policy on involuntary resettlement (OP 4.12). The policy is part of an inte grated suite of 10 social and environmental safeguard policies. Unlike the for mat of previous policy coverage, the format of OP 4.12 distinguishes between policy principles, standards, and requirements (OP 4.12) and the Bank’s own procedures (BP 4.12). Several other safeguard policies also distinguish between mandatory policy provisions and recommendations for good practice; the latter are offered in a separate good-practice section. The resettlement policy has no good-practice section; instead, it refers readers to this sourcebook for guidance on good practice. The chapters that follow provide resettlement practitioners (whether from the Bank, other donor agencies, borrower agencies, civil society organizations, the private sector, consultants, or others) with guidance on the implementation of policy principles, the procedural requirements for projects, the technical aspects of resettlement planning, and the actual implementation of resettle ment. This guidance is intended to increase the likelihood that Bank-financed projects will achieve the objectives of OP 4.12: • To avoid or minimize adverse impacts and to conceive and execute reset tlement activities as sustainable development programs • To give displaced persons opportunities to participate in the design and implementation of resettlement programs • To assist displaced persons in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living, or at least to restore these to pre-project levels. This sourcebook draws its lessons mainly from the Bank’s project experi ence. In many respects, these lessons are encouraging: they indicate that most egregious forms of impoverishment and harm inflicted in the past can now be avoided through thorough planning and diligent implementation. Many of the people subjected to land acquisition or other adverse impacts have emerged as beneficiaries, with higher incomes or living standards than before the projects. Nonetheless, much remains to be learned. Involuntary resettlement is a com plicated subject. To achieve resettlement objectives remains an inherently risky proposition (otherwise there would be no reason to avoid or minimize the xxiv Involuntary Resettlement Sourcebook adverse impacts of involuntary resettlement). And new projects bring to the fore—with surprising frequency—new resettlement issues or challenges

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