‘For the first time in my life, I am living in a home with separate lavatory and kitchen’: examining stakeholders’ satisfaction with the Bui hydroelectric power resettlement project

ABSTRACT

There is evidence to suggest that effective planning and tailoring resettlement schemes to the circumstances of displaced population are more likely to satisfy the target population. In spite of this, the topic is not well explored in the developing countries. To address this research gap, we employed mixed methods to analyse surveys and interviews. We found that although the resettled population were satisfied with new typology of housing, they were unhappy about their limited access to productive assets and the low compensatory packages given them. We encourage policymakers to make provisions for adequate productive assets in future resettlements.

KEYWORDS:

• Stakeholders
• satisfaction
• resettlement
• sustainable livelihoods
• Bui-Dam
• Ghana

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Ata Senior Yeboah

Ata Senior Yeboah: Ata holds a Master of Science in Development Policy and Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He has interest in Sustainable Development, Environmental Conservation and Water Resources Management.

Murat Okumah

Murat Okumah: Murat is an environment-development consultant for United Nations Development Programme. He has interest in Sustainable Livelihoods, Oceans/Water, Climate Change and Plastics.

Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh

Theresa Yaaba Baah-Ennumh: Theresa is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. She has interest in social policy, development administration, mining and resettlement issues.

Michael Poku-Boansi

Michael Poku-Boansi: Michael is a Full Professor and the Vice Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Michael has interest in Land Use Planning, Transportation Planning and Resettlement Planning.