BHU:Comparative Analysis of Bhutan Legal Framework for Involuntary Resettlement and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

Event: Country Safeguard Systems: South Asia

BHU:Comparative Analysis of Bhutan Legal Framework for Involuntary Resettlement and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement

29 February 2016

The objective of this comparative analysis is to provide an overview of the extent to which the legal framework for Bhutan’sCountry Safeguard System (CSS) for land acquisition (LA) and involuntary resettlement (IR) is equivalent to the Policy Principles of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) for IR as set forth in Table 2 of the SPS of 2009. For purposes of this analysis the Objectives and Policy Principles (PPs) have been disaggregated as necessary into respective Key Elements (KEs) to accommodate the compound nature of many of the individual PPs.

Geographical Focus:

Bhutan

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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