The Itaparica Dam Project in north-eastern Brazil: models and reality

Abstract

Development-induced displacement represents one of the major challenges to international organisations and NGOs working with displaced people today. This article critically examines Dr Michael Cernea’s eight-stagemodel of the processes involved which lead to the impoverishment of those displaced.

Keywords

• development-induced displacement
• DID
• Brazil
• Itaparica dam
• internal displacement
• World Bank