Lecture Series

Monday, 16.01.2012

Dams: Why they are necessary despite all            The Water-Energy-Food
the criticism                                           Security Nexus
                                                    Winter Semester 2011 / 2012

Dr. Waltina Scheumann
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut
für Entwicklungspolitik!
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„Financial constraints reduce its (development) potential, but not as
   much as the notion of acceptability on social and
   environmental levels.“ (Canadian NGO)


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Environmental clearance in almost all countries
  (Environmental Impact Assessment)
   only single projects (not aggregated impacts)
   Cost-Benefit Analysis weak in economic valuation
    of ecological+social externalities
   too late in decision-making process
   weak public participation
    (not in project decision-making)
   inadequate assessment of impacts on natural
    resources
   EMP not mandatory
   weak monitoring capacity of public agencies
=> Strategic Environmental Assessment

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• poorly planned
• involuntary...
• poor compensation for losses
• under-estimated cost component of a project
• market value of assets but not income
  generation / safeguarding of livelihoods


(+) progress in all countries
(+) Brazil: revenue sharing from dam operation
   (electricity sales) with affected people




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Präsentation session 5