Mainstreaming Land Acquisition and Resettlement Safeguards in the Central and West Asia Region

This Country Assessment (CA) for Azerbaijan is prepared under the ADB Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) 7433: Mainstreaming Land Acquisition and Resettlement Safeguards in the Central and West Asia Region. The RETA objective is to foster more effective infrastructure development in the region through the improvement of land acquisition and resettlement (LAR) practices.This country assessment entailed an analysis of project documents, a review of national legislation and questionnaires/interviews with representatives of state agencies, and LAR-affected communities. These efforts were then complemented with in-depth studies of actual LAR cases. These studies allowed the identification of LAR planning and implementation constraints emerging within a practical context.