Relocating Households to Unaccustomed Livelihood: The Impacts of Development-Induced Displacement in Urban Vicinity of Dukem Town, Central Ethiopia

Bikila Ayele Suyum

Journal of Agricultural Studies, 2019, vol. 7, issue 3, 122-143

Abstract: Involuntary displacement of people in the context of development projects often causes damage to livelihood of displaced people. The level of livelihood risks and impoverishments is often far reaching when the displaced people are relocated to unaccustomed livelihood setting. This research examined the impacts of development-induced displacement on the livelihoods of households displaced by Addis-Djibouti railway corridor construction in the vicinity of Dukem. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. In-depth interview, Focus Group Discussion and survey methods of data collection were used as tools for primary data collection. In addition, relevant secondary data were also collected from different secondary sources. To analyze the impacts of displacement on the livelihoods of displaced households, the study used Cernea’s impoverishment risks and reconstruction model as an analytical framework. The study uncovered that the majority of the displaced households have experienced a deterioration of economic bases-such as landlessness, cattlelessness and joblessness; the decline in productivity and food insecurity, socioeconomic marginalization, weakening of social networks and deterioration of access to community services after displacement. Deterioration in access to the livelihood assets due to the displacement has resulted in the deterioration livelihood of the majority of displaced households.

Keywords: development-induced displacement; relocation; livelihood; Dukem; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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