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Category : Africa, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Journal of Eastern African Research & Development
Author: Journal of Eastern African Research and Development
Author: The Eastern Africa Journal of Historical and Social Sciences Research
Author: River Basin Development and Human Rights in Eastern Africa — A Policy Crossroads
Author: Claudia J. CarrPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 331950469X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book offers a devastating look at deeply flawed development processes driven by international finance, African governments and the global consulting industry. It examines major river basin development underway in the semi-arid borderlands of Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan and its disastrous human rights consequences for a half-million indigenous people. The volume traces the historical origins of Gibe III megadam construction along the Omo River in Ethiopia—in turn, enabling irrigation for commercial-scale agricultural development and causing radical reduction of downstream Omo and (Kenya's) Lake Turkana waters. Presenting case studies of indigenous Dasanech and northernmost Turkana livelihood systems and Gibe III linked impacts on them, the author predicts agropastoral and fishing economic collapse, region-wide hunger with exposure to disease epidemics, irreversible natural resource destruction and cross-border interethnic armed conflict spilling into South Sudan. The book identifies fundamental failings of government and development bank impact assessments, including their distortion or omission of mandated transboundary assessment, cumulative effects of the Gibe III dam and its linked Ethiopia-Kenya energy transmission 'highway' project, key hydrologic and human ecological characteristics, major earthquake threat in the dam region and widespread expropriation and political repression. Violations of internationally recognized human rights, especially by the Ethiopian government but also the Kenyan government, are extensive and on the increase—with collaboration by the development banks, in breach of their own internal operational procedures. A policy crossroads has now emerged. The author presents the alternative to the present looming catastrophe—consideration of development suspension in order to undertake genuinely independent transboundary assessment and a plan for continued development action within a human rights framework—forging a sustainable future for the indigenous peoples now directly threatened and for their respective eastern Africa states. Claudia Carr’s book is a treasure of detailed information gathered over many years concerning river basin development of the Omo River in Ethiopia and its impact on the peoples of the lower Omo Basin and the Lake Turkana region in Kenya. It contains numerous maps, charts, and photographs not previously available to the public. The book is highly critical of the environmental and human rights implications of the Omo River hydropower projects on both the local ethnic communities in Ethiopia and on the downstream Turkana in Kenya. David Shinn Former Ambassador to Ethiopia and to Burkina Faso Adjust Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington D.C.
External Research
Author: United States. Department of State. External Research DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages :
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Women and Development in Africa
Author: Gideon S. WerePublisher:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Atlas of African agriculture research and development
Author: Sebastian, KatePublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896298469
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The Atlas of African Agriculture Research & Development is a multifaceted resource that highlights the ubiquitous nature of smallholder agriculture in Africa; the many factors shaping the location, nature, and performance of agricultural enterprises; and the strong interdependencies among farming, natural resource stocks and flows, rural infrastructure, and the well-being of the poor.
Eastern Africa
Author: Charles W. BarrPublisher:
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Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Information Circular
Author: East African Academy. Research Information CentrePublisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
African Environmental Crisis
Author: Gufu ObaPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032173085
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
African Environmental Crisis explores how and why the idea of the African environmental crisis developed and persisted through colonial and post-colonial periods, and why it has been so influential in development discourse.