villagization
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of villagization
Example Sentences
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Plans call for villagization ultimately to relocate some 30 million people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Ethiopian leader has launched two vast population projects that could eventually reshape his nation: resettlement and "villagization."
From Time Magazine Archive
Faced with such resistance, Mengistu recently bowed to pressure from the European Community and others by suspending resettlement and slowing the pace of villagization -- at least temporarily.
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Resettled areas and villagization projects often have proved virtually uninhabitable; many of them lack both adequate health facilities and suitable shelter.
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To stress its resolve to press ahead with villagization, Ethiopia has written it into the new constitution and made it a centerpiece of agricultural policy.
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