People who resettle to make way for large-scale infrastructure development are widely acknowledged as vulnerable to a range of impoverishment risks in the field of developmentcaused displacement and resettlement (DCDR). Global policy safeguards and standards aim to protect affected populations by requiring project developers to avoid displacement where possible and mitigate and manage harm through resettlement. This thesis problematises an inherent assumption within this guidance: that people targeted by these processes are "potentially" affected until the displacement event occurs. The "predisplacement" phase (i.e., iii Declaration by authorThis thesis is composed of my original work, and contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference has been made in the text. I have clearly stated the contribution by others to jointly-authored works that I have included in my thesis.

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