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Contradictions between rhetoric and practice: the case of intra-regional resettlement programme in northern Ethiopia

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posted on 2023-05-17, 16:30 authored by Walo, MT
Subsequent Ethiopian governments adopted resettlement as strategy to solve food insecurity in the country. It is implemented under four Pillars-Voluntary, underutilised land, consultation with host communities and proper preparation; and other 13 Key principles and approaches. Therefore, this study aims at evaluating the resettlement programme in Metema District visa-vis these pillars and principles. Both questionnaire and focus group discussion were used to collect data pertaining to the implementation of the programme. The result shows that the resettlement programme doesn’t agree with those pillars and principles. The extent to which the programme is voluntary is questionable as the resettlers were dictated by desperation, inducement, and intimidation. Majority of the promises the government consented to provide the resettlers were not materialized and the programme is not environmentally friendly. Above all, the programme could not solve the food insecurity of the people no matter how the major objective was to ensure food security.

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Publication title

Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

Volume

14

Pagination

41-62

ISSN

1520-5509

Publisher

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Place of publication

Clarion, Pennsylvania

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Copyright 2012 Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania

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Socio-economic Objectives

Social class and inequalities

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