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1 Bulankulame, S. 1986. Evacuees and their resettlement in the Mahaweli Development Programme. Paper presented at the Seminar on Mahaweli After Ten Years, SLAAS, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 6-9 November 1986. 18p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 1886 Record No: H008327)
2 Gebre, A.; Getachew, D.; McCartney, Matthew. 2008. Stakeholder analysis of the Koga Irrigation and Watershed Management Project. A study report submitted to IWMI. 45p.
Irrigation programs ; Watershed management ; Dams ; Farmers attitudes ; Social aspects ; Constraints ; Households ; Resettlement / Ethiopia / Koga Irrigation and Watershed Management Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI 631.7.8 G136 GEB Record No: H040845)
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3 Tortajada, C. 2004. South-Eastern Anatolia Project: impacts of the Ataturk Dam. In Biswas, A. K.; Unver, O.; Tortajada, C. (Eds.). Water as a focus for regional development. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press (OUP) pp.190-250.
Water resources development ; Development projects ; Dams ; Reservoirs ; Environmental effects ; Resettlement / Turkey / South-Eastern Anatolia Project / Ataturk Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 BIS Record No: H041116)
4 National Dialogue on Dams and Development in Ghana. 2007. First Ghana Dams Forum, "Using dams for development: institutionalising the multi-stakeholder process in Ghana," Accra, Ghana, 4 September 2007. Accra, Ghana: National Dialogue on Dams and Development in Ghana; Accra, Ghana: International Water Management Institute (IWMI) 41p.
Dams ; Development projects ; Environmental effects ; Social participation ; Living conditions ; Resettlement ; Compensation / Ghana / Volta Hydropower Project / Akosombo Dam / Kpong Dam / Bui Dam
(Location: IWMI HQ Record No: H041908)
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5 Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Akoto-Danso, Edmund Kyei; Kalitsi, E. A. K.; Ofori, B. D.; Twum-Korangteng, R. 2008. The resettlement experience of Ghana analyzed via case studies of the Akosombo and Kpong dams. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Symposium on Poverty Research in Sri Lanka, Exploring Experiences of Resettlement, November 2008. 24p.
Dams ; Development projects ; Resettlement ; Case studies ; Hydroelectric schemes ; Irrigation programs / Ghana / Akosombo dam / Kpong dam / Bui gorge / Black Volta
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041920)
http://ghanadamsdialogue.iwmi.org/Data/Sites/2/Documents/The%20Resettlement%20Experience%20of%20Ghana%20-%20Final%20Paper.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041920.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/PDF/H041920.pdf
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6 Lawrence, S. 2009. The Nam Theun 2 controversy and its lessons for Laos. In Molle, Francois; Foran, T.; Kakonen, M. (Eds.). Contested waterscapes in the Mekong Region: hydropower, livelihoods and governance. London, UK: Earthscan. pp.81-113.
Hydroelectric schemes ; History ; Construction ; Financing ; Villages ; Resettlement / Laos / Nam Theun Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G800 MOL Record No: H042355)
7 Samad, Madar; Shah, Zhankana; Acharyulu, S.; Acharya, Shreedhar. 2009. Managing rehabilitation and resettlement of the involuntarily displaced population: lessons from selected hydro projects in India. In International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Strategic Analyses of the National River Linking Project (NRLP) of India Series 5. Proceedings of the Second National Workshop on Strategic Issues in Indian Irrigation, New Delhi, India, 8-9 April 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.123-137.
Electrification ; Development projects ; Resettlement ; Living standards ; Legal aspects ; Households ; Surveys / India / Bhima-Ujjaini Project / Sardar-Sarovar Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042690)
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8 Akoto-Danso, Edmund Kyei; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Koranteng, R. T. (Eds.) 2010. Ghana Dams Dialogue Newsletter: a quarterly publication of the Ghana Dams Forum. Ghana Dams Dialogue Newsletter, 5. 8p.
Dams ; Water power ; Development projects ; Resettlement ; Social aspects / Ghana / Bui Dam / Bui Hydropower Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043216)
http://ghanadamsdialogue.iwmi.org/Data/Sites/2/Documents/gdd_newsletter-issue_5_(latest).pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043216.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043216.pdf
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9 Akoto-Danso, Edmund Kyei; Raschid-Sally, Liqa; Koranteng, R. T. (Eds.) 2010. Ghana Dams Dialogue Newsletter: a quarterly publication of the Ghana Dams Forum. Ghana Dams Dialogue Newsletter, 6. 12p.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043629)
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10 Abebaw, D.; Kassa, H.; Kassie, G. T.; Lemenih, Mulugeta; Campbell, B.; Teka, W. 2012. Dry forest based livelihoods in resettlement areas of northwestern Ethiopia. Forest Policy and Economics, 20:72-77. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2012.02.002]
Forests ; Poverty ; Living standards ; Resettlement ; Households ; Models / Ethiopia / Metema District
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045062)
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While the importance of forests for livelihoods has long been well-recognized, empirical knowledge of the factors influencing the extent and diversity of household engagement in the extraction of forest products across different socio-economic groups remains limited. In this paper, we use primary data collected through a household survey of 180 households in a resettled dry forest areas of Northwestern Ethiopia. The paper mainly aims at identifying the main drivers of household behavior regarding collection of main forest products in the context of dry forest environment. A multivariate probit analysis was used to explain variation in household participation in collection of different forest products. The results showthat households' participation in collection of different forest products is significantly determined by a combination of household demographic characteristics, ownership of oxen and of cows, proximity to forest, access to health and school infrastructure, resettlement history and self-reported change in standard of living. The estimation results also suggest households most likely to engage in collection of forest honey, gum, and wood for fuel and other purposes are those located farther from the forest. Policy implications and outlook for further study are discussed in the paper.
11 Lemenih, Mulugeta; Kassa, H.; Kassie, G. T.; Abebaw, D.; Teka, W. 2012. Resettlement and woodland management problems and options: a case study from north-western Ethiopia. Land Degradation and Development, 14p. (Online first). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2136]
Woodlands ; Deforestation ; Land use ; Environmental degradation ; Resettlement ; Livestock ; Farmland ; Crops ; Institutions / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045063)
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Deforestation in African dry forests is widespread and its drivers are complex and vary in space and time. In this paper, we assessed impacts of immigration on dry forests and options for improved management in a resettlement district in north-western Ethiopia. Key informants interviews, focus group discussions and household questionnaire survey were used to collect data. The results indicated that forests of the district are degrading in spatial coverage and quality. The most important drivers were land use change, excessive wood harvest, grazing pressure and forest fire following immigration. The continuous influx of people with different origins, cultures, religions and lengths of residence in the district underscores absence of social bonds for collective action to regulate access. This, coupled with weak formal regulatory system, market forces and policy incentives for farming, resulted in a near open access situation. Our findings confirm the negative relationships between migration and environment not necessarily because of the mere population number added through immigration but because of lack of regulatory frameworks (formal or informal) and poor social capital. Enforcing existing policy of farm size and putting institutional framework on the ground to regulate rate of immigration, extraction of forest products and to encourage tree planting to meet wood demand are suggested measures. We conclude that Government programmes that opt for resettlement as a measure for poverty alleviation must also have mitigating measures to reducing negative impacts on the natural resource base. Thus, the trade-off between environment and development must be carefully managed.
12 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management. 2010. Uma Oya Multipurpose Development Project: environmental impact assessment. Final report. Vol. 2 - Maps and figures. Nugegoda, Sri Lanka: University of Sri Jayewardenepura. 76p.
Maps ; River basin development ; Development projects ; Environmental impact assessment ; Hydrology ; Geology ; Land use ; Landslides ; Resettlement ; Soil structure ; Soil erosion ; Rainwater ; Flooding ; Upstream ; Downstream ; Irrigation schemes / Sri Lanka / Uma Oya Basin / Kirindi Oya Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 912 G744 SRI Record No: H046358)
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13 Obour, P. B.; Owusu, K.; Agyeman, E. A.; Ahenkan, A.; Madrid, A. N. 2016. The impacts of dams on local livelihoods: a study of the Bui Hydroelectric Project in Ghana. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 32(2):286-300. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2015.1022892]
Dam construction ; Living standards ; Water power ; Development projects ; Communities ; Households ; Resettlement ; Compensation ; Socioeconomic environment ; Fisheries ; Farmland ; Case studies / Ghana / Bui Hydroelectric Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047476)
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The construction of the Bui Dam was expected to boost socio-economic development in Ghana. This article examines the impacts of the project on the livelihoods of the local people. Data were collected using a mixed-research approach and a case-study design. The study finds that, while there have been significant improvements with respect to resettlement and compensation issues as compared to the earlier dam projects in Ghana, there are still some shortfalls. It is recommended that agriculture be improved by providing extension services and inputs to improve food security and the economic status of the local people.
14 van Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B. N.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2018. Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 43p. (IWMI Research Report 171) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2018.202]
Joint ventures ; Irrigation schemes ; Smallholders ; Farmers ; Agribusiness ; Farming systems ; Agricultural policy ; Small scale systems ; Irrigated farming ; Land tenure ; Land ownership ; Resettlement ; Gender ; Public-private cooperation ; Contract farming ; Water resources development ; Food security ; Infrastructure ; Labour ; State intervention ; Crop production ; Cotton ; Policy making ; Accountability / South Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H048492)
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The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and share in the net profits, while a strategic partner manages the cultivation with own inputs and equipment, and markets the output. With a focus on the 13 sub-schemes of the Flag Boshielo irrigation scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (current Limpopo Province), the report analyzes the emergence of six joint ventures - the collapse of three and the troubled continuation of the other three. For the government’s support to joint ventures as one of the options of the revitalization of smallholder irrigation schemes in former homelands, it is recommended to ensure there is a robust bilateral contract between smallholders and the strategic partner, to strengthen land tenure arrangements, and to diversify irrigation technologies for women and men smallholders.
15 Desai, R. 2018. Urban planning, water provisioning and infrastructural violence at public housing resettlement sites in Ahmedabad, India. Water Alternatives, 11(1):86-105.
Water supply ; Infrastructure ; Maintenance ; Urban planning ; Public housing ; Resettlement ; Human behaviour ; Violence ; Conflicts ; Poverty ; Drinking water ; Water policy ; Water governance ; Municipal authorities ; Political aspects / India / Ahmedabad
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048523)
http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol11/v11issue1/421-a11-1-5/file
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048523.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048523.pdf
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This paper examines the links between urban planning and the politics of water provisioning and violence and conflict in people’s lives by drawing upon research in a low-income locality in Ahmedabad, India. By focusing on public housing sites constructed to resettle poor and low-income residents displaced from central and intermediate areas of the city for urban development projects, the paper looks beyond poor, informal neighbourhoods to explore the dynamics of water provisioning and inequalities in the city. A close examination of the water infrastructure at the sites and their everyday workings is undertaken in order to unravel the socio-material configurations which constitute inadequate water flows, and the ways in which urban planning, policies and governance produce infrastructural violence at the sites. It also traces the various forms of water-related deprivations, burdens, inequities, tensions and conflicts that emerge in people’s lives as a result of their practices in the context of this infrastructural violence.
16 Wilmsen, B.; Adjartey, D.; van Hulten, A. 2019. Challenging the risks-based model of involuntary resettlement using evidence from the Bui Dam, Ghana. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35(4):682-700. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2018.1471390]
Development projects ; Hydropower ; Dams ; Resettlement ; Planning ; Risks ; Reconstruction ; Models ; Villages ; Living standards ; Landlessness ; Unemployment ; Conflict ; Social aspects ; Case studies / Ghana / Bui Dam / Bui Hydropower Project / Dokokyina / Akanyakrom
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049204)
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The Impoverishment, Risks and Reconstruction (IRR) model is arguably the most significant conceptualization of involuntary resettlement to date, strengthening the praxis of the major international financial institutions. Even so, resettlement remains synonymous with impoverishment. While commonly attributed to the failure of governments to properly implement resettlement plans, this article finds that the assumptions embedded in the IRR model are contributory. Based on interviews and focus groups at the Bui Dam resettlement in 2016, the model is useful for identifying material losses, but fails to illuminate more complex social fragmentation, extra-local dynamics and relationships of power.
17 Kramp, J.; Suhardiman, Diana; Keovilignavong, Oulavanh. 2022. (Un)making the upland: resettlement, rubber and land use planning in Namai village, Laos. Journal of Peasant Studies, 49(1):78-100. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2020.1762179]
Land use planning ; Rubber industry ; Resettlement ; Highlands ; Customary land rights ; Concession (land) ; Land governance ; State intervention ; Institutions ; Communities ; Ethnic groups ; Villages ; Social structure ; Farmers ; Strategies ; Cash crops ; Households / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Namai
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049808)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03066150.2020.1762179?needAccess=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049808.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049808.pdf
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This paper highlights how farmers in a northern Lao village transformed their customary land rights – in the face of incoherent overlapping state territorialization attempts – into a territorial strategy to secure their land tenure. By planting rubber, some villagers have engaged in a crop boom to lay claim to land which has recently been zoned for upland rice cultivation (and conservation) as part of a state-led land use planning initiative. We show how internal resettlement, ethnic division and the influx of commercial agriculture in the Lao uplands intersect in a novel land use planning process and predetermine the plan’s actual significance.
18 Teweldebrihan, M. D.; Pande, S.; McClain, M. 2020. The dynamics of farmer migration and resettlement in the Dhidhessa River Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 10p. (Online first). (Special issue: Advancing socio-hydrology) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2020.1789145]
Farmers ; Migration ; Resettlement ; River basins ; Water resources development ; Living standards ; Households ; Economic aspects ; Income ; Crop production ; State intervention ; Dam construction ; Drought ; Rain / Ethiopia / Dhidhessa River Basin / Arjo-Dhidhessa Dam / Hararghe
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049884)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2020.1789145?needAccess=true#aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGFuZGZvbmxpbmUuY29tL2RvaS9wZGYvMTAuMTA4MC8wMjYyNjY2Ny4yMDIwLjE3ODkxNDU/bmVlZEFjY2Vzcz10cnVlQEBAMA==
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049884.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049884.pdf
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The Dhidhessa River Basin (DRB), in the Abbay River Basin in Ethiopia, is undergoing large-scale dam construction for sugarcane irrigation. We focused on the dynamics of population migration, settlement, relocation and water resource development in the DRB using primary and secondary data. Two major migration waves were observed in the basin: the first in 1984–1986 during a severe drought and the second during 2005–2017. Most rural migrants were “pulled” by government initiative in the period 1984–2017, while a few migrated of their own accord due to famine. We found that the first migration wave from eastern Ethiopia (Harar) to DRB was due to scarcity of water, land and rainfall and the migration positively affected migrant livelihoods. In the second phase, dam construction displaced settled farmers and migrants, adversely affecting their livelihoods. Analysis is needed that considers the wellbeing of the displaced agrarian society and the migrant population in the dam-affected area.
19 Suhardiman, Diana; Rigg, J. 2021. Aspirations undone: hydropower and the (re) shaping of livelihood pathways in northern Laos. Agriculture and Human Values, 38(4):963-973. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-021-10203-3]
Hydropower ; Planning ; Resettlement ; Livelihoods ; Compensation ; Rules ; Procedures ; Farming systems ; Strategies ; Decision making ; Dam construction ; Institutions ; Rural areas ; Households ; Villages ; Upland crops / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Pak Beng Hydropower Project / Khamkong / Thongngam / Mekong River
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050311)
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This paper looks at how local livelihoods and to a certain extent their transitions are embedded in, and in thrall to, power relations at higher levels. Placing the (re)shaping of livelihood pathways within the context of top-down hydropower planning, it shows how the latter predetermines farm households’ current farming strategies and future livelihood pathways. Taking two villages along the Mekong River, both of which are to be impacted by the planned Pak Beng hydropower dam in Pak Beng district, Oudomxay province, the paper illustrates how the pathways that rural livelihoods are taking in northern Laos are being shaped by decisions and processes embedded in national and regional exigencies. We argue that top-down approaches in hydropower planning, as manifested in the current institutional vacuum to formally deal with resettlement and compensation issues at the village level result in village authorities’ and potentially affected villagers’ inability to strategically convey and negotiate their views and concerns. Moreover, we reveal how it is the specter of change which drives livelihood adaptation, not change itself, thus illustrating how the defined compensation rules and procedures (re)shape farm households’ farming strategies and future livelihood pathways even prior to the construction of the hydropower dam.
20 Suhardiman, Diana. 2022. Forced displacement and resettlement. In Sims, K.; Banks, N.; Engel, S.; Hodge, P.; Makuwira, J.; Nakamura, N.; Rigg, J.; Salamanca, A.; Yeophantong, P. (Eds.). The Routledge handbook of global development. Abingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge. pp.372-381. (Routledge International Handbooks) [doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017653-36]
Displacement ; Resettlement ; Social impact assessment ; Environmental impact assessment ; Political aspects ; Policies ; Strategies ; Land rights ; Communities ; Livelihoods ; Households ; Institutional development / Lao People's Democratic Republic
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050978)
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