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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23019</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2019-6-2-121-132</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Foreign Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Зарубежный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Unknown</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">State-Actor-Society Relations: The Challenges of Development Practices of Hydropower Project in North Western Ethiopia</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Отношения между государством, субъектом и обществом: проблемы практики развития гидроэнергетических проектов в Северо-Западной Эфиопии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belete</surname><given-names>Fasika Gedif</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Белете</surname><given-names>Хасифа Гедиф</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Lecturer at the Department of Social Anthropology</bio><email>fasikagedif@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Bahir Dar University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Бахир Дар</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-12-28" publication-format="electronic"><day>28</day><month>12</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>6</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>121</fpage><lpage>132</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-02-28"><day>28</day><month>02</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Belete F.G.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Белете Х.Г.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Belete F.G.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Белете Х.Г.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/23019">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/23019</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">This article examines the effects of state-society relations for the development of hydropower programs in the North Western Ethiopia. The Beles valley is one of the major development corridor recognized in the country of which attempts were made to harness hydropower in the mid 1980s. In this valley, hydropower development program was initiated to enhance sustainable national economy through power production. However, this public investment has been facing challenges shortly after the commencement of the project. Methodologically, the paper is based on qualitative method conducted in cross sectional manner in the Beles upper valley, North Western Ethiopia. Data were collected through interviews, focus group discussions and consultation of secondary documents. The data were analyzed through thematic and content analysis. The major challenge of the hydropower development practice in the Beles valley was associated with state-actor relations. There was security dynamics by the move violence between the state force and insurgent armed group. The situation was further complicated by the society’s negative perception to the project attempted to be implemented in the upper stream by government. Related to these, low linkage between the Beles valley rural communities to the nearby administration and regional economy has also impacted the development of Beles hydroelectric projects. The article shows that how the state, actors and society relations affected the development projects attempted in mid 1980s for implementation in the Beles valley.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">В данной статье рассматривается влияние отношений между государством и обществом для развития гидроэнергетических программ в Северо-Западной Эфиопии. Долина Белес является одним из основных территорий развития, признанных в стране, на которой развивалась гидроэнергетика в середине 1980-х годов. В этой долине была начата программа развития гидроэнергетики для повышения устойчивости национальной экономики за счет выработки электроэнергии. Тем не менее вскоре после начала проекта эти государственные инвестиции столкнулись с проблемами. Методологически статья основана на качественном методе, использованном в поперечном разрезе в верхней долине Белес, Северо-Западная Эфиопия. Данные были собраны посредством интервью, обсуждений в фокус-группах и вторичных консультационных документов. Данные были проанализированы с помощью тематического и контент-анализа. Основная проблема практики развития гидроэнергетики в долине Белес была связана с отношениями между государством и обществом. Уровень безопасности менялся из-за насилия между государственными силами и повстанческой вооруженной группировкой. Ситуация усугублялась негативным восприятием обществом проекта, который правительство пыталось реализовать в верхнем потоке. В связи с этим низкая связь между сельскими сообществами долины реки Белес, окружной администрацией и региональной экономикой также повлияла на развитие гидроэлектростанций в Белесе. В статье показано, как государство, негосударственные акторы и общественные отношения повлияли на реализацию проектов развития, предпринятых в середине 1980-х годов в долине Белес.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Development</kwd><kwd>Relations</kwd><kwd>Challenge</kwd><kwd>Hydropower</kwd><kwd>Beles Valley</kwd><kwd>Ethiopia</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>развитие</kwd><kwd>отношения</kwd><kwd>вызов</kwd><kwd>гидроэнергетика</kwd><kwd>долина Белес</kwd><kwd>Эфиопия</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Arsano Y. Ethiopia and the Nile: Dilemmas of national and regional hydropolitics. ETH Zurich, 2007.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Boaduo N.A. Africa’s Political, Industrial and Economic Development Dilemma in the Contemporary Era of the African Union // Journal of Pan African Studies. 2008, May 1. Vol. 2. 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