Sep 21, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Uncategorised, Water resources
A hydro dam currently under construction in Ethiopa is set to be the largest hydropower plant in Africa, but could be heading towards controversy for international agreements on water sharing. New research from FutureDAMS points out that some negotiated strategies for...
Aug 13, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Social impacts, Uncategorised
Read the FutureDAMS working paper ‘Resettlement of Gumuz Communities around Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Dam‘. This working paper explores the programme of resettlement of Gumuz farmers and others living at low altitude along the Nile and Beles rivers, whose home...
Feb 28, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Politics and governance
By Barnaby Dye What factors drive countries’ economic development? Is it still possible for Africa to follow the trajectory of the Asian states that saw rapid industrialisation in the latter half of the 20th century? A new working paper by Benjamin Chemouni and...
Feb 26, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
In December 2019, FututreDAMS welcomed Dr Jenny Hodbod to present ‘Impacts of the Gibe III, Ethiopia: A social-ecological systems approach’. Jenny Hodbod is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University,...
Feb 14, 2020 | Agriculture and livelihoods, East Africa and Eastern Nile, News
Tom Higginbottom presents ‘have irrigation developments in Africa delivered the benefits they promised?’. Tom is a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research uses...
Jan 6, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Uncategorised
By Barnaby Dye Africa has experienced a dam boom since the mid-2000s with projects across the continent being built by the so-called rising powers like China, ‘traditional donors’ (e.g. the USA and Germany) and established international development organisation such...
