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    9 months ago

    “When dams are built, large areas are flooded and people need to be relocated,” Láng-Ritter said in a press statement. “The relocated population is usually counted precisely because dam companies pay compensation to those affected.”

    So the locals are incentivized to inflate their numbers?

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        9 months ago

        You could end up with Waking Ned Devine, where everyone in town vouches for everyone else because they all stand to benefit.