TITLE:
Impoverishment Risks in DIDR in Dar es Salaam City: The Case of Airport Expansion Project
AUTHORS:
Dawah Lulu Magembe-Mushi
KEYWORDS:
Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR), Impoverishment Risk, Compensation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.6 No.4,
November
8,
2018
ABSTRACT:
Contrary to the State’s rhetoric of inclusive governance, urban poor is excluded
from planning for infrastructure development and resettlement processes,
leading to a lack of understanding of their needs by the state resulting
to their subsequent impoverishment after resettlement. This paper discusses
impoverishment risks experienced by massive population resettlements from
airport expansion project in Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania. The risks experienced
were outcomes of procedures followed and policies/acts adopted in the
implementation process. Literature on impoverishment risks experienced
during displacement shows that poorly managed displacement processes and
lack of adherence to policies and guidelines exposed the affected population
to impoverishment risks for both short and long terms. The actualization of
the risks depends on the preparedness of the project implementers or the
government’s enforcement bodies in implementing the resettlement project.
This paper draws empirical evidences obtained from studies conducted in
2014 and 2017. It discusses eleven impoverishment risks experienced by both
the displaced and hosting communities at different periods and magnitudes.
The paper argues that the displaced poor households have been further impoverished
in the course of resettlement process as a result of limited attention
to the risks of impoverishment both in policies and in local government
practices. This paper realises that there is an urgent need for a resettlement
policy which insists on participation of the affected communities that would
eliminate impoverishment risks.