Compensation packages and implications for social networks among development-induced displaced persons in Uganda’s Albertine Graben
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Date
2021
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Development in Practice
Abstract
The study aimed at understanding the implications of compensation
packages for the social networks of displaced persons in Uganda’s oilrich
Albertine Graben. Questionnaires, interviews, focus group
discussions, and observations were used to obtain data from
purposively selected respondents. Qualitative data was analysed using
content analysis while quantitative data analysis entailed generating
descriptive statistics (percentages) and inferential analysis was
performed through cross-tabulation by way of chi-square tests. There
was a significant association between compensation type and social
network distortion for the affected groups (p = 0.000). Institutional
management of different compensation packages exhibited
professional shortcomings that need to be addressed to build
sustainable social networks such as credit facilities. We thus recommend
that government involves all stakeholders at every development phase
and that compensation rates are continuously updated to allow for fair
compensation rates in future and effective resettlement procedures
during induced-displacement and resettlement processes.
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Keywords
Development policy, Social exclusion, Sustainability
Citation
Frank Mugagga, Leonida Tibakunirwa & Paul Musali (2021) Compensation packages and implications for social networks among development-induced displaced persons in Uganda’s Albertine Graben, Development in Practice, 31:6, 839-855, DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2021.1907543