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Challenging the risks-based model of involuntary resettlement using evidence from the Bui Dam, Ghana

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  • Brooke Wilmsen
  • D. Adjartey
  • A. van Hulten

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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.

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  • Brooke Wilmsen & D. Adjartey & A. van Hulten, 2019. "Challenging the risks-based model of involuntary resettlement using evidence from the Bui Dam, Ghana," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(4), pages 682-700, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:35:y:2019:i:4:p:682-700
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2018.1471390
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    1. Ruilian Zhang & John R. Owen & Deanna Kemp & Guoqing Shi, 2022. "An applied framework for assessing the relative deprivation of dam‐affected communities," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(1), pages 176-190, February.
    2. Jana, Arnab & Sarkar, Ahana & Bardhan, Ronita, 2020. "Analysing outdoor airflow and pollution as a parameter to assess the compatibility of mass-scale low-cost residential development," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
    3. Walelign, Solomon Zena & Lujala, Päivi, 2022. "A place-based framework for assessing resettlement capacity in the context of displacement induced by climate change," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    4. Yuangang Xu & Guoqing Shi & Yingping Dong, 2022. "Effects of the Post-Relocation Support Policy on Livelihood Capital of the Reservoir Resettlers and Its Implications—A Study in Wujiang Sub-Stream of Yangtze River of China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-22, February.

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