Data list for data repository for ‘China Goes Global: A comparative study of Chinese hydropower dams in Africa and Asia’, ESRC reference ES/J01320X/1

The aim of this project is to provide the first systematic and comparative analysis of the environmental, social, economic and political impacts of Chinese hydropower dam projects in low and middle income countries, that will inform corporate behaviour of hydropower firms in China and the UK and shape emerging national and international policy responses. The project applied a multi-sited, comparative case study approach and involved detailed empirical research in Ghana, Nigeria, Cambodia and Malaysia, as well as China, which represent different facets of China’s hydropower in the global South.
We conducted four case studies - two for Africa (Ghana, Nigeria) and two for Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia) - each of which has been chosen for representing a specific approach to Chinese dam building. Each involves the Chinese as dam developers, focuses on dams of more than 50MW, where construction has recently been completed or is in progress, and where access to the sites and to local communities is favourable. The hydropower projects under investigation were: Bui Dam in Ghana, Kamchay Dam in Cambodia, Bakun Dam in Malaysia and the Zamfara Dam in Nigeria.

Project website: https://www.soas.ac.uk/cedep/research/cgg/

In this data repository the following is included:

- Qualitative data from focus group discussions (FGDs) and some interviews with institutional actors from Cambodia:
FGDs with villages 1-5 and institutional interviews (6 NGOs, 4 government instititions, 2 Chinese actors)

- Qualitative data from focus group discussions and some interviews with institutional actors from Ghana:
FGDs with villages 1-5 and institutional interviews (6 government instititions, 1 academic)

- Qualitative data from focus group discussions and some interviews with institutional actors from Malaysia:
FGDs with ethnic groups 1-4 and institutional interviews (3 NGOs, 1 government instititions, 2 private sector, 1 academic)

- Qualitative data from household survey, focus group discussions and some interviews with institutional actors from Nigeria
FGDs with villages 1-9 and institutional interviews (2 village chiefs,  emir, 2 government instititions)

Additional material:
- Website content in English, including project overview and key findings
- Website content in Chinese
- Consent and information sheet
- Methodology
- Questionnaires for various groups of respondents