Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR30055 Document Date: APR 20, 2018

Author: Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31819 Document Date: APR 19, 2018

Author: Ajalu,John Stephen Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31981 Document Date: APR 19, 2018

Author: Monteiro,Emanuela Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP8721 Document Date: APR 17, 2018

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Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP8728 Document Date: APR 17, 2018

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Many development policies, such as placement of infrastructure or local economic development schemes, are "place-based." Such policies are generally intended to stimulate private sector investment and economic growth in the treated place, and as such they are difficult to appraise and evaluate. ... See More + This paper sets out a framework for analyzing the effects of such policies and assessing their social value. It then reviews the literature on place-based policies in the contexts of transport improvements, economic corridors, special economic zones, lagging regions, and urban policies.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8410 Document Date: APR 17, 2018

Author: Duranton,Gilles; Venables,Anthony J. Disclosure Status: Disclosed

The development objective of the Tanzania-Zambia Transmission Interconnector Project for Africa is to establish cross-border transmission capacity between the Southern African power pool and the Eastern Africa power pool to enable regional power trade. ... See More + Some of the negative impacts include : (i) loss of land; (ii) loss of physical structures; (iii) loss on crops and trees; and (iv) impacts on physical cultural resources; Some of the mitigation measures are includes : (i) normal practice minimization is always practiced to reduce compensation cost; (ii) land owners, with or without formal legal rights, are entitled to full, fair and prompt compensation plus disturbance allowance, transport allowance, accommodation allowance and loss of profit if they were in actual occupation of the acquired property; (iii) cash compensation levels should be sufficient to replace the lost asset at full replacement cost in local markets; (iv) permanent and non-permanent buildings need to be compensated; (v) displaced persons are provided prompt and effective compensation at full replacement cost for losses of assets directly attributable to the project; (vi) provided with residential housing, or housing sites, or, as required, agricultural sites for which a combination of productive potential, locational advantages and other factors is at least equivalent to the advantages lost; (vii) offered support after displacement for a transitional period, based on a reasonable estimate of the time likely to be needed to restore their livelihood and standard of living; (viii) all Project Affected Persons (PAP’s) who were compensated were farmers who were using land for cultivating crops.  See Less -

Document Type: Resettlement Plan Report No.: SFG4259 Document Date: APR 17, 2018

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Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP8678 Document Date: APR 16, 2018

Author: Pradeep Kumar Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31899 Document Date: APR 14, 2018

Author: Diallo,Oumar-000304609 Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR31682 Document Date: APR 13, 2018

Author: Hoang,Hoa Thi Disclosure Status: Disclosed