Assessing the Social Impact of Development Projects: Experience in India and Other Asian Countries

The Framework.- Social Impact Assessment for Projects that Involve Displacement and Resettlement.- Social Impacts and Impoverishment Risks in Development Projects: Pre-emptive Planning and Counter-Risk Measures.- Integrating SIA into Resettlement Planning: An Example from Mineral Mining Projects.- Policy and Practice of SIA in India.- SIA Policy and Legal Framework in India.- Building Dams, Ignoring People: The Lower Suktel Irrigation Dam Project.- The Consequences of Inadequate Assessments: Issues in Re-housing People Displaced by the Mumbai Urban Transport Project.- SIA: Bringing in the Gender Perspective.- Assessing the Social Impact of Development Projects on Tribal Communities.- SIA Experience in Neighboring Countries.- Social Impact Assessment in China and Beyond.- Integrating Social Impact Dimensions in Project Planning.- Examples from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.- Rebuilding Livelihoods: The Income Restoration Strategy for the People Displaced by a Transport Project in Sri Lanka.- Mitigating Adverse Social Impacts.- Resettlement Planning: Managing the Displacement Effects of Development Projects.