Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka

Relocation Failures in Sri Lanka

Author: Robert Muggah

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.

Published: 2013-04-04

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1848137699

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Each year, millions of people are internally displaced and resettled in the wake of wars and floods or to make way for large-scale development projects, and this number is increasing. Humanitarian and development specialists continue to struggle with designing and executing effective protection strategies and durable solutions. Relocation Failures explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. The author argues that policies for internally displaced peoples are weak and diluted by narrow interpretations of state sovereignty and collective action dilemmas, and in the case of Sri Lanka, unintentionally intensified ethnic segregation and ultimately war. This unique new book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. In highlighting the ways that development assistance can exacerbate smoldering conflicts, the volume provides an important caution to the aid community.


Annual Report

Annual Report

Author: New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Sri Lanka

Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Sri Lanka

Author: W. A. T. Abeysekera

Publisher: IWMI

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 929090156X

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Introduction; Tank irrigation modernization project; Gal Oya Water management project; Major irrigation rehabilitation project; Uda Walawe rehabilitation project; Irrigation systems management project; Experiences and lessons learned; Research issues for further investigations.