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Enclave Projects
(03/05, SDS/SOC, En, Es)
What Are They and What Can Be Done?
This report addresses the IDB Board of Directors? request for an issues paper on the advantages and disadvantages of including positive social programs in enclave projects, after appropriate mitigation and compensation measures are in place. For this report, enclave projects are large, productive oriented public or private sector investment projects that import technologically sophisticated production and/or marketing systems into the local economy, operate with a high degree of autonomy and export the goods produced. A defining feature of these projects is that the direct benefits flow outside the community where the project operates. Enclave investments can become problematic when they result in present or future losses to the community, some of which may be difficult to fully assess and compensate, and/or unrealized community expectations of increases in wellbeing.
Last updated: 06/08/07
