Recent years have seen a highly elaborated controversy erupt within the development industry in Laos over the merit of what has been termed “resettlement”: state or development industry sponsored schemes to move poor people closer to government services or to new lowland fields. While planners argue that settlers will benefit from incorporation with the state [...]
The Lao resettlement controversy
December 3rd, 2007 by Holly High, Guest Contributor · 21 Comments
Tags: Focus on Laos · Laos