ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the numerous issues observed in cases in Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic( PDR), Sri Lanka, and Japan. This survey suggests that the resettlement program failed to work, at least for the two Koto Panjang resettlement villages in West Sumatra. These parameters can be used to identify the strengths of the resettlement scheme, to review and assess the negative impacts, and to propose measures for prevention or mitigation. Repeated meetings with a small number of households, supplemented by interviews with key informants and community groups, are an effective, low-cost technique for tracking the performance of rural development projects such as the Kotmale case study. It gives future generations for sustainability of any resettlement scheme. The problems that emerged from the five resettlement programs in four different countries presented in this chapter should have been avoided by proper planning, but could have also been solved even during the implementation process.
