EFFECTS OF DEVELOPMENT-INDUCED DISLOCATION ON SOCIOECONOMIC OF RURAL COMMUNITIES: THE CASE OF NASHE-FINCAA DAM PROJECT, ETHIOPIA

Development-induced dislocation could be an opportunity or a challenge for the dislocated people as well as the host community. This study aims to assess the effects of dislocation on socioeconomic of rural community in terms of basic needs for human and education. Random samples of 180 rural communities were selected using multistage random sampling from the study area. Comparisons were made between dislocated and non-dislocated using the hypothesis testing. To assess the impact of dislocation on the educational status of the family, the ratio of children in schools to the total number of school aged children in the family, expressed as percentage. The ability of the household to feed the family was also seen in terms of the frequency of feeding the children and the adult. It was found that non-dislocated community are better off than the dislocated in terms of sending children to school, housing conditions, health condition, probability of survival for future life and ability to finance. The mean difference of family members attending the school, in both non-dislocated and dislocated was not high, shows that the dislocated and non-dislocated were affected as opposed to the general opinion that the dislocated people were highly affected. After all analysis, it can be concluded that dislocation of rural community has high impacts on the socioeconomic status of the households. The results also reveal that the dislocated rural communities were highly affected by communicable and non-communicable diseases. Finally, the results were recommended as the government, heath institution and non-dislocated community should support the dislocated community as they will adapt to the new relocation site.