Abstract
Planned resettlement of population from the hills into the low lying Tarai was the principal development strategy adopted by the government beginning in the 1960s. The author discusses various aspects of this resettlement and concludes that excessive hope placed in the Tarai is unjustified and that the only viable strategy is a balanced development of various parts of the country.
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Kansakar, V.B.S. (1985). Land Resettlement Policy as a Population Distribution Strategy in Nepal. In: Kosiński, L.A., Elahi, K.M. (eds) Population Redistribution and Development in South Asia. GeoJournal Library, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5309-3_7
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