Do China-financed dams in Sub-Saharan Africa improve the region's social welfare? A case study of the impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam

Tang, Keyi; Shen, Yingjiao

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111062

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“…There has been very little work on the socio-economic impact of projects financed via RBLs. Fieldwork by Tang and Shen in Ghana found that the Bui Hydropower Project in Ghana, financed via an RBL backed by cocoa proceeds, "has improved local urban households' access to electricity and increased their ownership of electric appliances" (Tang & Shen, 2020).…”

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Resource-Backed Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mihalyi¹,

Hwang²,

Rivetti³

et al. 2022

Policy Research Working Papers

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Resource-Backed Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mihalyi¹,

Hwang²,

Rivetti³

et al. 2022

Policy Research Working Papers

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“…In Ghana, China Exim Bank financed part of the construction of the Bui Dam with a generating capacity of 400 MW, for $622 million, with China's Sinohydro undertaking the construction work (Tang and Shen 2019). Although Ethiopia received $652 million in loan financing from China in 2017 alone, Ethiopia directly financed much of the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) for $4.5 billion with Chinese companies Voith Hydro Shanghai and China Gezhouba Group being awarded contracts worth $112 million and $40.1 million respectively to help with the implementation of the project through construction work (Millar 2020).…”

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Power Imbalance in Africa-China Investment and Development Deals: The Case of Zimbabwe (2000–2018)

Kambudzi¹

2022

eastafrica

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“…Building contractors benefitting from new constructions and water infrastructures are "wellsprings of state power" (Meehan, 2014(Meehan, , p. 2015. For example, China financed 34 large-scale reservoir projects from 2000 to 2015 for USD 9,199 million in Africa (Tang & Shen, 2020).…”

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The controversial debate on the role of water reservoirs in reducing water scarcity

Kellner

2021

WIREs Water

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Reservoirs are built worldwide for a higher water supply in dry periods by storing water temporarily in wet periods. Recent socio‐hydrology studies hypothesized, by creating “supply–demand cycles”, that reservoirs can lead indirectly to counterintuitive dynamics such as more water scarcity and a higher economic and social vulnerability. This opinion argues that reservoirs are part of co‐evolutionary processes with natural, social, and engineered elements and therefore, water scarcity need to be analyzed within socio‐political interactions. Aspects such as (a) institutions; (b) governance processes; (c) social–ecological factors; (d) narratives of water scarcity; and (e) powerful economic interests are essential to understand feedback mechanisms between reservoirs and water scarcity and to hypothesize long‐term phenomena such as water scarcity. Neglecting these interactions could lead to biased research agendas, misleading conclusions, and adverse effects on the transformation process toward sustainability. Given the complexity of social–ecological systems, the diversity and critical capacity of inter‐ and transdisciplinary work is crucial to further advance the study of unintended side effects of reservoirs or — more general — the study of socio‐hydrology. This article is categorized under: Human Water

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Do China-financed dams in Sub-Saharan Africa improve the region's social welfare? A case study of the impacts of Ghana's Bui Dam

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Resource-Backed Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa

Resource-Backed Loans in Sub-Saharan Africa

Power Imbalance in Africa-China Investment and Development Deals: The Case of Zimbabwe (2000–2018)

The controversial debate on the role of water reservoirs in reducing water scarcity

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