“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?
So the locals are incentivized to inflate their numbers?
But the dam companies are incentived to verify the accuracy.
You could end up with Waking Ned Devine, where everyone in town vouches for everyone else because they all stand to benefit.
You can’t just say, “I have 20 people living in my home, just make the check out to me.” The dam company is going to be verifying who they’re paying.
Are they, though?
Or are they just going to sign off and pass the bill on to the government?
Precisely. I’m not buying this one at all. In a third world country, they’re paying peanuts, these companies don’t give a fuck if it’s $50 or $100.
And seriously underpay.