Social Differentiation and Access to Water Resources
1. Social Differentiation and Access
to Water Resources: The case study on the
resettled communities of Yali falls dam,
Se San River, Kon Tum province, Vietnam
Tran Chi Trung and Dao Trong Hung
Centre for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES)
Vietnam National University
2. The study site
The Yali hydropower was
commissioned in 2001.
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Moving about 6,782 people
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Gia La i
CAMBODIA
belongs to 1,735 households
of 4 ethnic groups (Kinh, Ro
Ngao, Ba Na and Gia Rai)
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Kon Tum
Boundary
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& Dow nstream villages
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100 0 100 200 Kil omet er s River
Ho Chi Minh City Roa d
3. Key research questions
1. How have the villagers been using the resources after
they had resettled and what institutional factors impact
their use?
2. What are the differences within the community in use
of resources and other resources in terms of gender,
age, kinship, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and
class?
3. How have the resettlement program affected the local
people differently?
4. Under which condition and terms different groups of
people have participated in water governance and how
has this affected their livelihoods?
4. The initial findings
The household resource system has totally changed and the
local people have faced more difficulties.
Mono-crop based agriculture of cassava
5. The initial findings (cont’)
Semi-flooded land – the provincial people committee
allocated to the hydropower management board.
6. The initial findings (cont’)
Lack of consultation & participation in the resettlement process
7. The initial findings (cont’)
Compensation packages planned but not fair & transparent.
8. The initial findings (cont’)
Reponses to the challenges of the resettlement site have
been made but not effective.
9. Conclusion
• Gaps in understanding the complicated situation of
the resettlement site would lead to ineffectiveness
in responses to their challenges.
• The resettled people and local authorities have not
had a voice in the trade-offs negotiation process
and have been suffering the consequences of the
losses.