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| Member Since | 11/13/2007 19:12:22 |
| Last Online | 12/27/2008 17:05:10 |
| Last Updated | 11/22/2008 02:49:40 |
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| Website: | in.geocities.com/bdebnath_1957/B_Debnath-Introduction.html |
| Location: | Philippines |
| Occupation: | Social Safeguards Specialist |
| Company: | Asian Development Bank |
| Address: | 6 ADB Avenue |
| City: | Manila |
| Zip Code: | 1550 |
| Country: | Philippines |
| Phone #: | +6326325968 |
| Fax #: | +6326362381 |
| Short Statement: | As a resettlement and rehabilitation planner, what has bothered me most is the project authorities’ systematic reluctance to sincerely carry out the activities of a given resettlement action plan, although they readily agree to follow the resettlement action plan in order to secure a loan. Other specialists too may have faced similar problems. Perhaps the specialists could organize an e-mail forum to debate this issue. |
| Displacement Experience: | As a consultant Resettlement Specialist for the past 13 years, has worked on displacement issues as well as poverty and social impact assessment for infrastructure projects (especially highways and waterways) and designed a total of 25 resettlement plans for the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and African Development Bank funded as well as National Highways Authority of India funded infrastructure projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, India, Mongolia, and Mozambique. In addition, has participated in a number of road construction supervision projects for resettlement plans implementation and impact assessment studies. Among his displacement related projects, the following are most important: a) Afghanistan: Resettlement Plan for Qaisar to Daraii Bum Road (ADB) b) Afghanistan: Social Assessment for Kabul International Airport Taxiway Project (ADB) c) Bangladesh: Road Network Improvement and Maintenance Project (ADB) d) Bhutan: Road Network Expansion Project (ADB) e) Ethiopia: Jimma to Mizan Road Upgrading Project (AfDB) f) India: Kerala State Transport Project - Highways and Waterways (World Bank) g) India: Madhya Pradesh Road Engineering Design Project (ADB) h) India: Punjab State Road Sector Project (World Bank) i) India: Srinagar to Banihal (Jammu & Kashmir State) Road Upgrading Project (NHAI) j) Mongolia: Ulaan Baatar Services Improvement Project (World Bank) k) Mozambique: advisor to the National Roads Administration (Administracao Nacional Estrada) on social safeguards issues and prepared a resettlement plan for N-1 road (World Bank) |
| Publications: | 1. The Crisis of Indian Anthropology: An Iconoclastic Essay. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 34, No. 44, October 30-November 5, 1999. 2. Fishermen in the Net: Eco Watch. WWF-India Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan-Mar 1995. 3. Fertility and Family Planning in India. Yojana, Vol. 37, No. 11, June 30, 1993. 4. Land Reform in Sikkim. Yojana, Vol. 36, No. 24, Jan 15, 1993. 5. Gender Inequities and Development Strategies. Yojana, Vol. 36, No. 18, Oct 15, 1992. 6. Shortfall in Sikkim's Social Forestry Programme. The Pioneer, July 9, 1992. 7. Sikkim Witnesses Population Boom. Press Trust of India Feature Service, May 23, 1992. 8. The Study of Religious Beliefs. (A chapter in the module Society and Religion, a distance education course offered at the Indira Gandhi National Open University, ISBN 81-7263-179-0.) New Delhi: IGNOU, 1992. 9. Allah is Venerated Here Too: Islam in Southeast Asia. Bulletin of the Academy of Third World Studies, #3, January 1991. 10. Colonialism and Tribalism in Southern Africa: Implications for Nationalism. Bulletin of the Academy of Third World Studies, #2, October 1990. 11. What Democracy Means to Nepal. Bulletin of the Academy of Third World Studies, #1, July 1990. 12. The Analysis of Myth: Its Legacy and Potentialities. The Eastern Anthropologist, 42(4), 1989. 13. Ethnicity in Contemporary Sikkim. In D. Shimkhada (ed.), Himalayas At The Crossroads. Pasadena (California): Himalayan Arts Council of the Pacific Asia Museum, 1987. |
| Accomplishments: | Worked on resettlement and social development issues in such developing countries as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, India, Mongolia, and Mozambique. In addition, has carried out a review study on Evaluating Environmental Management of Category I and II Projects in Regional Member Countries for the African Development Bank. Presently more involved in impact evaluation studies. The World Bank invited him in January 2008 to attend an impact evaluation conference for policy making in Washington, DC. Technical Editor and contributor to the Post-Graduate Diploma Programme on Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation (PGDMRR) teaching material at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi, India, sponsored by the World Bank. |
| Highest Degree: | Ph.D. in (Social) Anthropology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1987 |
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