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Despite its noble sound, we cannot assume that the practice of development is a benign social process. Its arena is littered with oustees and relocatees, the coerced and the coercers, the winners and the losers. Development is a complex process with overlaps of contradictory certitudes regarding social justice, political harmony and environmental consequences.
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Gyawali, D. (1997). Foreign Aid and the Erosion of Local Institutions: an Autopsy of Arun-3 from Inception to Abortion. In: Thomas, C., Wilkin, P. (eds) Globalization and the South. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25633-4_11
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