Despite efforts to improve outcomes, resettlement projects that aim to improve livelihoods and living standards of the displaced often do not achieve their goals. Could greater attention to the well‐being of the affected improve resettlement outcomes? This article considers standards of living and well‐being among one resettled group, the Bahingkolu of Manantali, Mali, relocated in the mid‐1980s by construction of the Manantali Dam. Anthropological approaches to well‐being that include a greater understanding of people's own conceptions of well‐being and consider well‐being in relationship to their social and physical worlds help elucidate why the Bahinkolu are unsatisfied with their well‐being despite higher standards of living. Because they can no longer grow enough for food self‐sufficiency, they must encourage family members to work elsewhere, thereby risking the sustainability of the family as a single economic unit. In this context, household heads feel constant anxiety about their ability to maintain a cohesive household. The Bahingkolu publicly maintain that they are “victims of the resettlement” as a strategy to gain more resources for the community. To improve the generally negative consequences of involuntary resettlement, planning should expend more effort to appreciate the conceptions of well‐being among the affected.

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评估强制重新安置后的福祉：马里马南塔利的生计、生活水平和福祉

尽管努力改善成果，但旨在改善流离失所者生计和生活水平的重新安置项目往往无法实现其目标。更多地关注受影响人口的福祉能否改善移民安置结果？本文探讨了一个重新安置群体（马里马南塔利的 Bahingkolu）的生活和福祉水平，该群体于 20 世纪 80 年代中期因马南塔利大坝的建设而搬迁。人类学的福祉方法包括更好地理解人们自己的福祉概念，并考虑福祉与其社会和物质世界的关系，这有助于解释为什么巴欣科卢人尽管生活水平较高，但对自己的福祉不满意。由于他们的种植面积无法满足粮食自给自足，他们必须鼓励家庭成员去其他地方工作，从而危及家庭作为一个经济单位的可持续性。在这种情况下，户主对自己维持一个有凝聚力的家庭的能力感到持续焦虑。 Bahingkolu 人公开坚称，他们是“重新安置的受害者”，这是为社区获取更多资源的战略。为了改善非自愿移民普遍带来的负面后果，规划应花更多的精力来理解受影响人的福祉观念。