THE World Bank has commended
the Chinese government's resettlement record - at "well over 30 million", the world's largest - as a "model" for most types of resettlements. A leaked report, in which the bank reviewed its own resettlement
policy, said, "Over the past 40 years,
tens of millions of Chinese have been
forced to move their homes, farms or
jobs to make way for new roads, factories and dams" that have supported
China's "remarkable economic and
social development".
The conclusion comes despite the
bank's own admission that before the
Cultural Revolution ended in 1978,
those displaced typically made sacrifices instead of getting benefits from
the projects that affected them. The
report said, thanks to the "persistence of planning elements in the
Chinese economy", displaced communities in China are a prosperous lot.
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