on the move migrations seminar - resettlement and development in honduras
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From Strangers to Neighbors:
Resettlement and Development in Honduras
Ryan Alaniz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sociology
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Case Study
Post-Hurricane Mitch Honduras (1998)
Research conducted in 2009-2010
7 Resettlements
Survey
Interviews
Ethnography
Documents
The Paradox
Pino Alto and Suyapa
Similar initial conditions yet different
development outcomes
# of crimes
per 1,000
Do you vote?
(Yes)
Trust neighbor
“a lot”
Community semi-
or very united
Suyapa 95.4* 72%* 57%* 89%*
Pino Alto 270.7 56% 38% 69%
Avg. of 5 N/A 58% 39% 69%
Z-test significance at *.01
Lessons I
Disaster survivors have agency
and are vulnerable
May not be able to build
community without support
A hybrid community
development strategy
Social Intervention, Sustaining,
and Empowering (SISE)
Community Development
TIME
Organization Intervention Migrant Empowerment
Lessons II
Social health
A measure of a community’s well-being
Civic Participation, Social Capital, Crime, Collective
Efficacy, Vision
Community culture
Created and shapes community development
