johnson_memo_24july01-e4d71cda8f220306.pdf

An office memorandum dated July 24, 2001, from Ian Johnson, Vice President of ESSI, to Pieter Stek, Chairman of the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE), requesting endorsement to forward a revised draft of Operational Policy/Bank Procedure (OP/BP) 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement to the Board of Executive Directors.

• The memorandum outlines revisions to the draft OP/BP 4.12 on Involuntary Resettlement following a CODE discussion on March 12, 2001, and feedback from external commenters. Key changes to OP 4.12 include strengthening language to ensure displaced persons benefit from projects, clarifying that displaced persons should participate in both the design and implementation stages, and moving the requirement for particular attention to the resettlement of indigenous peoples into the main text as Paragraph 9.
• The World Bank received approximately thirty letters from external stakeholders expressing concerns over the "perceived dilution of the resettlement policy," as well as a mass mailing of two hundred letters regarding sustainable development that referenced the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and the Bank's resettlement policy.
• Specific technical revisions to the policy include clarifying that "resettlement assistance" for those without legal title to land can include land, cash, employment, or other assets, and changing the requirement for borrowers to propose follow-up measures if resettlement objectives are not realized from "may" to "should".

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). johnson_memo_24july01-e4d71cda8f220306.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Johnson_Memo_24July01.pdf

Chicago

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@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndjohnsonmemo24july01e4d71cda8f220306pdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{johnson\_memo\_24july01-e4d71cda8f220306.pdf}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Johnson_Memo_24July01.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }