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"The general principles which will guide the Bank's activities with
regard to tribal and other people inhabiting natural environment areas are:
"The need for indigenous people directly or indirectly affected
by bank financed operations, to be consulted and to participate in the identification,
design, analysis, execution and evaluation stages; recognizing as interlocutors
the representatives of indigenous peoples, or, in the case of groups that
are not organized, the entity they designate as their representative."
(p. 4)
-"Recognition of the individual and collective rights of indigenous
populations, [including]: (1) the right of indigenous people to decide their
own priorities and to control[...] their own economic, cultural and social
development; and (2) the right of possession and property of the lands they
traditionally inhabit and the natural resources found there within."
(p. 4)
-"The principle that in general the IDB will not support projects
that involve unnecessary or avoidable encroachment onto territories used
or occupied by tribal groups or projects affecting tribal lands, unless
the tribal society is in agreement with the objectives of the project and
they affect the tribe." (p. 4)
"The necessity to support the institutional strengthening of [...]
the indigenous organizations or other non-governmental agencies that provide
support and assistance to the tribal and other populations concerned."
(p. 5)
Bank actions:
"Design of project components aimed at protecting indigenous population
groups, [including] depending on the specific needs and priorities of the
groups concerned, measures to demarcate and title tribal lands, including
relocation of non-tribal settlers, measures in the areas of health, education
and support for productive activities." (p. 5)
("If properly designed and executed, resettlement can act as a catalyst
for long-term integrated area development.")
"These projects [involving displacement] require [...] active participation
by the affected population, in all stages of design and implementation."
(p. 6)
"The importance of community consultation and participation in all
stages of project design and execution, is essential for successful project
execution and outcome." (p. 6)
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