Putting a Price-Tag on Humanity: Development-Forced Displaced Communities’ Fight for More than Just Compensation

Authors

  • Julie Koppel Maldonado PhD Anthropology student at American University in Washington DC

Keywords:

Development, displacement, resettlement, compensation

Abstract

The impoverishment commonly associated with development-induced displacement often occurs because of government and development agencies’ reliance on compensation as a remedy for resettlement. This study focuses on the inadequacy of compensation use in development-induced forced displacement and resettlement by analyzing 50 recent development projects that involved forced displacement. The aim is for increased understanding leading to action to lessen the impoverishing effects of development-induced displacement.

Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue No. 4, January, 2009 Page 18-20

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Author Biography

Julie Koppel Maldonado, PhD Anthropology student at American University in Washington DC

Currently a PhD Anthropology student at American University in Washington DC, focusing on environmental and development-caused displacement.

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Published

2009-05-24

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Putting a Price-Tag on Humanity: Development-Forced Displaced Communities’ Fight for More than Just Compensation. (2009). Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, 4, 18-20. https://doi.org/10.3126/hn.v4i0.1817

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Vol. 4 (2009)

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How to Cite

Putting a Price-Tag on Humanity: Development-Forced Displaced Communities’ Fight for More than Just Compensation. (2009). Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, 4, 18-20. https://doi.org/10.3126/hn.v4i0.1817