Compensation and Resettlement Policies after Compulsory Land Acquisition for Hydropower Development in Vietnam: Policy and Practice

Pham Huu Ty, A. C. M. Van Westen and Annelies Zoomers
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Pham Huu Ty: Faculty of Land Resource and Agricultural Environment, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue University, 102 Phung Hung, Hue City 84.54, Vietnam
A. C. M. Van Westen: International Development Studies, Faculty of Geoscience, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584CS, The Netherlands
Annelies Zoomers: International Development Studies, Faculty of Geoscience, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584CS, The Netherlands

Land, 2013, vol. 2, issue 4, 1-27

Abstract: Under Vietnam’s State land ownership regime, the Government holds supreme authority over compulsory land acquisition. The results show that many improvements in land acquisition policies have been made, but poor implementation measures largely cannot prevent or even mitigate the adverse impacts on displaced persons. In particular, ineffective compensation measures and a lack of production land and livelihood alternatives accelerate the resistance of communities displaced as a result of hydropower development. The close alliance between the local government and the investor, which is considered as an “interest group”, is the main factor that leads to the ignorance of benefits of displaced people within the compulsory land acquisition process.

Keywords: compensation; resettlement; grievance; interest group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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