Development impacts on resettled IDPs : an assessement of the interventions channeled through the IDP camps in Mannar district, Sri Lanka

2012

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 This research strived to assess the impact of development interventions channeled through IDP camps on key development aspects of resettled IDPs. The key finding was that given the optimum efforts of all the stake holders including the government and also the major constraints faced by them, the resettlement approach adopted was ad-hoc and ineffective except in the areas of education and health resulting in a lack of positive impact on the QOL of resettled IDPs. The key recommendations of the research are to revisit the resettlement scenario and initiate vocational and technical training schools, draw up a policy on housing …