Can Uganda’s hydroelectric Karuma dam balance local displacement and promises of modernisation?

Akello Ayebare, G., Denis, O. A. & Richard, K. (18 November 2021) Can Uganda’s hydroelectric Karuma dam balance local displacement and promises of modernisation? Africa at LSE.
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A new hydroelectric dam under construction in northern Uganda has promised to promote the country’s socio-economic development, but effects on local communities are hard to reconcile with these aspirations. New research explores the reality of the government’s ‘modernisation’ programme and asks whether social securities are adequate to address the extent of disruption.
Item Type Blog post
Copyright holders © 2021 The Authors
Departments LSE
Date Deposited 18 Jan 2022
URI https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/113018

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