Land Acquisition in Asia

The Long-term Livelihood Effects of Forced Displacement: Lessons from Asia

 

 

(Tentative)

 

 

 

Chapter 1: Interdisciplinary approach to long-term welfare effects of displacement

Christie Lam (Osaka University) and Saumik Paul (University of Nottingham)

 

 

Chapter 2: The short-term versus the long-term effects of forced displacement

Nusrate Aziz (University of Nottingham)

 

 

Chapter 3: An Overview of the causes of forced displacement: Asian perspective 

Anchali Singh (University of Warwick)

 

 

Chapter 4: The long-term livelihood effects of the conservation-led displacement in Kanchanpur, Nepal

Christie Lam (Osaka University), Basant Pant (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal) and Vengadeshvaran Sarma (University of Nottingham)

 

 

Chapter 5: The Political economy of caste, forced displacement and welfare in Nepal

Christie Lam (Osaka University), Basant Pant (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal) and Vengadeshvaran Sarma (University of Nottingham)

 

 

Chapter 6: The long-term effect of the Sungai Selangor Dam project on indigenous Orang Asli communities in Malaysia Sharina Abdul Halim (LEASTARI, UKM) and Saumik Paul (University of Nottingham)



 

 

Chapter 7: Industrialization-led displacement in Malaysia

Sharina Abdul Halim (LEASTARI, UKM) and Vengadeshvaran Sarma (University of Nottingham)

 

 

Chapter 8: Attitude towards forced-displacement: evidence from West Bengal, India

Vengadeshvaran Sarma (University of Nottingham)<

 

 

Naoyuki Yoshino is Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI); Professor Emeritus of Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; and Senior Adviser at the Japan Financial Services Agency's (FSA) Financial Research Center (FSA Institute). He obtained his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, where his thesis supervisor was Sir Alan Walters (who was Margaret Thatcher's Economic Adviser). He was appointed board of the Financial Planning Standards Board in 2007, and also served as chairperson of the Japanese Ministry of Finance's council on Foreign Exchange and its Fiscal System Council (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Section). He was also a board member of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan, chairperson of the Meeting of Japanese Government Bond Investors (Ministry of Finance), and was President of the Financial System Council of the Government of Japan. He is the President of Financial Education Council organized by the Central Bank of Japan, Financial Services Agency (FSA), Ministry of Education, Cabinet Ministry and private financial institutions.
Saumik Paul is research economist at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). Prior to this, he worked at the Hitotsubashi University, University of Nottingham (Malaysia campus), Osaka University and the World Bank. He is interested in policy relevant research on topics related to structural transformation, productivity growth and land reform. His current projects examine land disputes and the process of industrialization in India, Indonesia and Nepal, and also the role of structural transformation in regional growth and convergence in Japan and other Asian countries.