Dr. Biswanath Debnath Edit

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I am a social development professional, specialising in involuntary resettlement planning due to infrastructure projects, social impact assessment, poverty and gender analysis, social safeguards, development project management and monitoring and evaluation.

I returned to India in mid-1988 after completing Ph.D. At Stony Brook, New York and a stint as a postdoctoral fellow at Berkeley,...

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1. 1. Professional Profile

   www.displacement.net/Professio - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/27/2007   Last Visited: 10/27/2007

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2. 2. Professional Profile

   www.displacement.net/Professio - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/29/2003   Last Visited: 5/12/2006

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   As a resettlement and rehabilitation planner, what has bothered me most is the project authorities' systematic reluctance to sincerely carry out the activities of a given resettlement action plan, although they readily agree to follow the resettlement action plan in order to secure a loan. Other specialists too may have faced similar problems. Perhaps the specialists could organize an e-mail forum to debate and resolve this issue. There are success stories in India, though, related to the NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation). -Biswanath Debnath