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Title:	China goes global dams project
Keywords:	CHINA ENERGY HYDROPOWER WATER CAMBODIA MALAYSIA GHANA NIGERIA GOVERNANCE LOCAL IMPACTS DAMS RISING POWERS 2017
Description:	The aim of this project is to provide the first systematic and comparative analysis of the environmental, social, economic and political impacts of Chinese hydropower dam projects in low and middle income countries, that will inform corporate behaviour of hydropower firms in China and the UK and shape emerging national and international policy responses. The project applied a multi-sited, comparative case study approach and will involve detailed empirical research in Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and Malaysia, which represent different facets of China’s hydropower in the global South. We conducted four case studies - two for Africa (Ghana, Nigeria) and two for Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia) - each of which has been chosen for representing a specific approach to Chinese dam building. Each involves the Chinese as dam developers, focuses on dams of more than 50MW, where construction has recently been completed or is in progress, and where access to the sites and to local communities is favourable. The hydropower projects under investigation were: Bui Dam in Ghana, Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, Bakun Dam in Malaysia and the Zamfara Dam in Nigeria. This data collection includes the questionnaires, methodology, project overview / findings and data as outlined below. We conducted 163 semi-structured in-depth interviews in Cambodia, Malaysia, Ghana, Nigeria, UK and China and 40 focus group discussions (FGDs) with the affected communities. For Nigeria, we also analysed 149 household surveys. Sensitive material has largely been omitted from the data repository, particularly to keep the identities of interviewees safe. Therefore, only anonymised transcripts from FGDs have been included, as well as anonymised records of institutional interviews which are deemed not too sensitive. <p>As China’s rapid economic growth has created a series of pressures, such as depletion of scarce domestic resources, the country is engaging more closely with low and middle income countries in Asia and Africa. Access to overseas natural resources, new markets and technological advances, have made China the world’s largest player in large hydropower dam projects, usually backed by state finance and state-owned enterprises. The project therefore aims to provide the first systematic and comparative analysis of the social, economic, environmental and political impacts of Chinese hydropower dam projects in low and middle income countries.The project involves detailed empirical research - including interviews and focus group consultations - at four dam sites in Cambodia, Malaysia, Ghana and Nigeria which represent different facets of China's dams in the global South.</p>
URI:	https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/60624
Other Identifiers:	10.5255/UKDA-SN-852499 852499 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-852499
Appears in Collections:	Cessda

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