The development objective of the Rajasthan State Highway Road Development Program Project for India is to build capacity for better management of state highways and to improve traffic flows on selected state highways in the state of Rajasthan.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) compensation for land at replacement cost or land for land, where feasible for loss of land; (2) an alternative house for those who have to relocate due to loss of residence; (3) employment to at least one member per affected family in the project or arrange for a job in such other project as may be required after providing suitable training and skill development in the required field during loss of shop or trade or commercial structure; and (4) utilities such as water supply, electricity, etc. will be relocated and services restored prior to commencement of civil works.
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The development objectives of Rajasthan State Highway Road Development Project for India are to: (a) reduce transport costs and transport constraints on economic activity; (b) improve the GOR's institutional capabilities in the sector; (c) improve riding quality and capacity of selected segments of the state's core road network; (d) reduce backlog of periodic maintenance on the core road network; (e) improve Public Works Department (PWD) organizational structure in place; and (f) establish effective systems and procedures for planning, budgeting, procurement, contract administration, monitoring and financial management and stakeholder consultation.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts include: (i) loss of permanent commercial structure; (ii) loss of commercial space; (iii) loss of agriculture land in part or full; (iv) loss of temporary commercial structure or mobile vendor (Squatters); and (v) loss of commercial establishments (permanent). Some of the mitigation measures include: (i) efforts are to be made to build the capacities of the farmers (male and female both) for improved techno-based agriculture and irrigation techniques; (ii) introducing improved dairy based opportunity would be a most feasible option for these households: (ii) affected households should be exposed towards effective schemes of training for living better and quality life; (iii) proper compensation should be given to the affected families; and(iv) to ensure that the project site is made safe for traffic movement.
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The development objective of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project for Sri Lanka is to enhance equitable access to and improve the quality of ECD services.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) assessing the potential social impacts of interventions (rehabilitation, extension, upgrade, or construction of early childhood care and development (ECCD) facilities, whether positive or negative, and present mitigation measures which will effectively address these impacts; (2) establishing clear procedures and methodologies for the social screening of activities to be financed by the project; (3) identifying the social risks, and institutional arrangements for implementations of safeguards management pertaining to the project; and (4) identifying gender mainstreaming strategies, citizen engagement steps including a grievance redress mechanism to address community concerns in implementation of the project.
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The development objective of the Dynamic Cities Integrated Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services and enhance integrated urban planning and management capacity in the project cities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) cash compensation for affected land at 100 percent replacement cost; (2) if the non-agricultural land is acquired and the land use fee originates from the state budget, it shall not be compensated for land, but only compensated for assets on land at the replacement cost; (3) if affected lands are not entitled to the compensation, project affected persons (PAPs) will be assisted in cash with an amount of at least 30 percent of land compensation value; (4) compensation land for land with a land plot and apartment in the project’s resettlement site where invested fully infrastructure; (5) compensation in cash for affected part at 100 percent replacement cost and costs for repairing the remaining part; (6) compensation at replacement cost for affected house and structure without any depreciation of the structure and deduction for salvageable materials; (7) all PAPs who hand over the affected land on time after receiving full compensation and allowances will be given an incentive allowance according to regulation of province; and (8) PAPs losing income sources will be entitled to take part in income restoration programs. Rehabilitation measures like agricultural extension services, job training and creation, credit access, and or other measures as appropriate to ensure their livelihood restored to the pre-project level.
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The objective of the Urban Water Supply Project for Liberia is to increase access to piped water supply services in the project area in Monrovia and improve the operational efficiency of LWSC.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: Involuntary resettlement should be avoided where feasible or minimized by exploring alternative for the components by changing in the designs of project. If not feasible to avoid resettlement, resources are to be provided to enable the displaced persons to share in the project benefits; the population to be affected by the project are those who may lose as the consequence of the project, all or part of their physical and non-physical assets including homes, farms, productive land, properties, income earning opportunities, social and cultural relations and other losses that maybe identified in the process of resettlement planning; all population affected by the project are entitled to be compensated for their lost assets and income at full replacement cost and assisted in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living to pre-project standards; all affected population are equally eligible for compensation and rehabilitation assistance, irrespective of tenure status, social or economic standing and without and discrimination; and the World Bank policies stipulate that displacement or restriction of access to resources must not occur before necessary measures for resettlement are put in place. This includes provision of compensation and other assistance required for relocation prior to displacement to new sites with adequate facilities. For compensation purposes, preference should be given to land-based strategies for displaced persons whose livelihoods are land-based with land equivalent to the advantages of the land taken. If land is not available, options built around opportunities for employment should be provided in addition to cash compensation for land and other assets lost. In case of land-based livelihoods, cash payment maybe appropriate if the land taken is a small fraction of the affected asset and the residual is economically viable particularly, and the displaced persons have the opportunity to use such markets. Cash compensation should be sufficient to replace the lost land and other assets at full replacement cost in local markets.
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The development objectives of the First, Second, and Third Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project for India are to: (a) provide additional rail transport capacity, improved service quality, and higher freight throughput on the Khurja - Kanpur section and the Khurja - Dadri section of the Eastern rail corridor; and (b) develop the institutional capacity of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.
... See More + (DFCCIL) to build and maintain the DFC infrastructure network. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) a constructed house as per Indira Awas Yojana specifications or cash assistance in lieu thereof as determined by the concerned state government under its own resettlement policy or rules; (2) one time financial assistance as transportation cost for shifting of the family, building materials, belongings, and cattle; and (3) reimbursement of stamp duty and fees for purchase and registration of alternative property.
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The development objective of the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA) 1000 Community Support Project for Tajikistan is to increase quality of and access to energy, social, and economic infrastructure services, and contribute to the strengthening of local governance capacity in communities in the project area.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) rental value of land based on market rates and restoration of land and all assets thereon to former status; (2) restoration, replacement, or compensation of all assets damaged or removed. In the case of loss of income, disturbance allowance set on the basis of minimum wage for each week (7 days) of disturbance calculated on a pro rata basis; (3) re-imbursement of rent for remainder of contract period, plus 3 months of rent, or 3 months of market price of sharecropping produce as disturbance allowance; (4) compensation equal to 2 months of rent and share-cropping benefit as disturbance allowance; (5) an additional payment equivalent to three month’s income will be paid to restart the business in the new location; and (6) price of a sapling and cash compensation for the market value of the commercial tree.
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The objective of the Western Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project for Indonesia is to support regional economic and social development in Indonesia by improving the condition of the national road network.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures are include: (i) risk of social conflict; (ii) increased risk of illicit behavior and crime; (iii) influx of additional population; (iv) impacts on community dynamics; (v) increased burden on and competition for public service provision; (vi) increased risk of communicable diseases and burden on local health services; (vii) increased risk of communicable diseases and burden on local health services; (viii) gender-based violence; (ix) child labor and school dropout; (x) local inflation of prices; (xi) increased pressure on accommodations and rents; (xii) increase in traffic and related accidents; (xiii) inadequate waste disposal and illegal waste disposal sites; (xiv) wastewater discharges; (xv) increased demand on freshwater resources; (xvi) camp related land use, access roads, noise and lights; (xvii) increased deforestation, ecosystem degradation, and species loss.
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The development objective of the Moldova competitive power market project is to increase capacity and improve reliability of power transmission system in Moldova and therefore enhance its access to the European electricity market. some of the negative impacts are include: (i) loss of arable, forest, residential, or commercial land; (ii) loss of temporary structures: housing, mobile stores, fence, latrine, etc.; (iii) loss of annual crops; (iv) loss of perennial crops and trees; (v) loss of relocation allowance; (vi) loss of rented lands; (vii) business losses allowance; (viii) loss of public/private infrastructure; Some of the mitigation measures are include: (i) cash compensation at full replacement cost, i.e. market value plus any transaction costs or normative value plus any transaction costs, whichever is higher, all technical, administrative and transaction costs are covered by the project; (ii) compensation in cash or materials at full replacement cost at current market value, with no deduction in compensation for depreciation or salvageable materials; (iii) if crops will be affected during the harvest season the compensation will be calculated to cover the full replacement value for the lost crops as result of construction works; (iv) compensation at a market value for loss of crops or fruits calculated as number of years needed to bear fruit.
... See More + Compensation for lost trees at 110 percent of market (timber) value; (v) cash compensation to local communities paid at market price for loss of crops or fruits calculated as three annual harvests; (vi) compensation to cover the losses (income) derived from that business when that business would not be functioning due to project implementation; (vii) full replacement or rehabilitation of the affected item at no cost for the community
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