The development objectives of the Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement Project for Kyrgyz Republic are to enhance the readiness of the Ministry of Energy and Severelectro to implement the Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability Improvement Project (ESARIP), and to strengthen the capacity of Severelectro.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land acquisition, loss of asset, loss of crops and trees, loss of asset, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: 1) those who have formal legal rights to land in accordance with the law of the Kyrgyz Republic; 2) those who do not have formal legal rights to land at the time the census begins but have a claim to such land or assets, provided that such claims are recognized under the laws of the country or become recognized through a process identified in the resettlement plan; and 3) those who have no recognizable legal right or claim to the land they are occupying, or those who run business or other activity that provides illegal or informal livelihood. This incorporates those who occupy a land parcel without permission, as well as those who keep part-time farming for sale or their own needs, etc.
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The development objective of the Corridor Highway Project for Yemen is to improve transport connectivity and safety on the targeted section of the transport corridor between Aden and Taiz.
... See More + Negative impacts include: potential impacts on human health, caused by noise, by air pollution, and by traffic accidents; impacts on land resources and agriculture, caused by loss or severance of land resources, resulting in loss of incomes; natural environment conditions, including vegetation, forests and habitats, by habitat degradation and loss of biodiversity; potential impacts on groundwater resources and wadis, by pollution of sensitive aquifers or surface waters (such as by accidents) or change of natural flow of surface waters; and potential impacts on cultural heritage and tourism potential, by loss or severance of traditional hillside terraces, of traditional architecture, or of landscape attractive to tourism and ecotourism. Mitigation measures include: a) current status of timely and effective progress in land acquisition, payment of compensation, and provision of other forms of agreed assistance to eligible persons; b) whether compensation for land, structures or other assets has been paid prior to displacement, in conformity with resettlement action plan (RAP) requirements; c) whether replacement land of equivalent productive value has been provided, if requested by those significantly affected by land loss; d) whether compensation rates provide a sufficient basis for replacement of lost assets; e) whether displaced households have been able to obtain replacement housing of a suitable standard, and whether access to community infrastructure and services has been maintained or restored; f) whether persons whose livelihoods are significantly affected have been provided with sufficient assistance (financial, technical or other) to improve, or at least restore, their incomes or livelihoods; g) whether unanticipated adverse impacts relating to loss of access to resources, infrastructure or services have occurred; h) whether vulnerable persons have been provided with sufficient assistance to mitigate any additional disadvantages they would face as a result of the project; i) whether the interests of women are considered in provision of compensation, obtaining replacement housing, in maintaining or restoring access to resources and community services, and other aspects of resettlement that concerns them; and j) whether affected communities have been adequately consulted and whether information relating to land acquisition and resettlement arrangements has been disclosed to them in a timely and effective manner.
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The development objective of the Corridor Highway Project for Yemen is to improve transport connectivity and safety on the targeted section of the transport corridor between Aden and Taiz.
... See More + Negative impacts include: potential impacts on human health, caused by noise, by air pollution, and by traffic accidents; impacts on land resources and agriculture, caused by loss or severance of land resources, resulting in loss of incomes; natural environment conditions, including vegetation, forests and habitats, by habitat degradation and loss of biodiversity; potential impacts on groundwater resources and wadis, by pollution of sensitive aquifers or surface waters (such as by accidents) or change of natural flow of surface waters; and potential impacts on cultural heritage and tourism potential, by loss or severance of traditional hillside terraces, of traditional architecture, or of landscape attractive to tourism and ecotourism. Mitigation measures include: a) current status of timely and effective progress in land acquisition, payment of compensation, and provision of other forms of agreed assistance to eligible persons; b) whether compensation for land, structures or other assets has been paid prior to displacement, in conformity with resettlement action plan (RAP) requirements; c) whether replacement land of equivalent productive value has been provided, if requested by those significantly affected by land loss; d) whether compensation rates provide a sufficient basis for replacement of lost assets; e) whether displaced households have been able to obtain replacement housing of a suitable standard, and whether access to community infrastructure and services has been maintained or restored; f) whether persons whose livelihoods are significantly affected have been provided with sufficient assistance (financial, technical or other) to improve, or at least restore, their incomes or livelihoods; g) whether unanticipated adverse impacts relating to loss of access to resources, infrastructure or services have occurred; h) whether vulnerable persons have been provided with sufficient assistance to mitigate any additional disadvantages they would face as a result of the project; i) whether the interests of women are considered in provision of compensation, obtaining replacement housing, in maintaining or restoring access to resources and community services, and other aspects of resettlement that concerns them; and j) whether affected communities have been adequately consulted and whether information relating to land acquisition and resettlement arrangements has been disclosed to them in a timely and effective manner.
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The objective of the resettlement policy for the second Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project for China is to minimize the adverse affects brought by land acquisition and demolishment.
... See More + Negative measures include: persons whose houses are in part or in total affected by the subprojects; persons whose business are affected in part or in total (temporarily or permanently) by the subprojects; and persons whose crops (annual and perennial), trees, and fixed assets are affected in part or in total by the subprojects. Mitigation measures include: (a) provided compensation at full replacement cost for loss of assets and assisted to restore or even surpass former living standards; (b) proposed compensation and allocation plan to improve or restore their livelihoods; (c) consulting with displaced persons and giving them the opportunity to participate in resettlement plan design and implementation; (d) provide compensation at full replacement cost for affected assets; and (e) displaced persons should get compensation of their lost assets before land acquisition and demolition. Borrowers are responsible for resettlement compensation.
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The development objective of the Road Asset Management and Safety Project for Mauritius is to reduce cost and improve safety for road users through improving asset management on the primary and secondary road network, and strengthening the management of road safety on the island of Mauritius.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land acquisition, loss of crops and trees, loss of asset, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: 1) involuntary resettlement would be avoided where possible and where population displacement is unavoidable, it would be minimized by exploring all viable project options; 2) persons affected by land acquisition or loss of sources of incomes associated with change in land use due to the project would be given compensation so that they can improve or at least maintain their former standard of living; 3) the estimation of the compensation cost and/or benefit would be based on the appropriate method so that the cost of land and other properties taken and demolished are accounted for. This will ensure that the living standards of the project affected persons are maintained or raised to a substantial level; 4) project affected persons would be given full information on the qualification (eligibility), mode of compensation, the restoring plan of production income, and the project's progress and be involved in the enforcement of resettlement arrangements (community participation); 5) the land and/or property affected would be taken only when the Potentially Affected Persons, or PAPs are satisfied with the compensation arrangements; and 6) the implementing agency would supervise the resettlement activities including the payment of compensation as well as monitoring and evaluation.
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The development objective of the Strategic Cities Development Project for Sri Lanka is to contribute to the improvement of urban services and livability in selected strategic cities of Sri Lanka.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, loss of livelihood, damage to property or land, and loss of safety hazards. Mitigation measures include: (1) providing compensation for affected land at replacement cost as per land acquisition act (LAA); (2) providing three months advance notification for harvesting standing crops, or compensation for crop damage; (3) providing cash payment for unexpired period of rental for the affected portion of land or maximum of Lankan rupee (LKR) 25,000 to the leassee; (4) compensating for affected structure at replacement cost without deduction of any depreciation or salvageable materials; and (5) providing rental allowance of LKR 9000 per month for six months to allow the affected family to relocate.
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The objective of the Additional Financing for the Community and Social Development Project for Nigeria is to sustainably increase access of poor people to social and natural resource infrastructure services.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of natural resources, loss of habitual land uses, specific Impacts on assets and livelihood. Mitigation measures include: a) cash compensation shall be paid for loss of crops and trees, based on replacement values and cover a cash value of the loss estimated until the new crop or tree comes to maturity. Officials of the Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources will establish the compensation rates. Compensation for trees will take into account the distinction between various types of trees and their economic values; b) fruit trees compared to non-fruit trees. Fruit trees will be compensated for the value of lost production until another tree comes to the stage of productivity. The Ministry of Lands and Survey and in some cases Ministry of Housing and Urban Development will be responsible for establishing compensation rates for land or structures losses. In this case, the cost of land preparation will also be part of the compensation package; c) involuntary resettlement will be avoided through project site planning processes to avoid and minimize social impacts of the project; d) where resettlement is unavoidable, resettlement activities will be seek to provide offsetting mitigation measures that give the persons displaced by the project meaningful opportunity to share in the project benefits; and e) displaced persons will be assisted in their efforts to improve livelihoods and standards of living or at least to restore them to levels equivalent to those prior to the project.
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The Resettlement Policy Framework for the Tanzania Water Sector Development Programme Project provides safeguards against adverse impacts of project activities, through minimizing the number of affected persons in the first place.
... See More + It provides procedures and means for adequately compensating for the losses the affected persons may incur, in the case that resettlement cannot be avoided. This report includes guidelines for compensation for land contributed voluntarily for the Project without seeking compensation; as well as land acquired involuntarily. The guiding principle for land acquisition shall be that where land is required for implementation of the project activities, the recommended safeguards shall be observed to reduce the suffering of the affected community members. Implementation of the RPF shall require a number of steps including: A full understanding of the project components, particularly those requiring land Acquisition; determination of land ownership; screening of the project sites and activities; property and asset valuation; preparation and approval of resettlement plans; implementation and monitoring of the resettlement plans; effective redress of complaints and grievances; and public consultation and participation.
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The Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP) for Pakistan seeks to modernize and expand the energy sector of the country, while shifting from thermal generated electricity to low cost and high reward, clean generation of hydropower.
... See More + This environmental and social assessment report describes the potential environmental and social impacts of the project, and provides a framework with which to review and address these impacts. Significant potential impacts identified are: changes in physiography and landform; loss of natural vegetation and trees; impact of increased traffic and transportation; loss of bridges and access roads connecting villages on right bank; effects of land acquisition; impacts on river habitat due to construction activities and drying of river section between two coffer dams; fish entrapment and mortality; potential risk of pollution of air, noise, soil and water resources by construction works; risk of pollution from solid waste and waste effluents; increased risk of landslides; noise pollution; and impacts from increased human activities on flora and fauna. Appropriate mitigation measures such as developing and implementing a landscape plan in the project footprint areas; planting of native trees near resettlement villages and along roads and promotion of use of alternatives for fuel; traffic management plan, including awareness raising and safety measures; implementing resettlement action plan and providing adequate compensation; controlling waste water and sediment releases to river and implementing water quality management protocols; protection measures at inlets of tunnels to deter movement of fish; and pollution prevention plans to be prepared and implemented by contractors, are suggested to help minimize or avoid these adversities.
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The First Phase of the Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP) for Pakistan seeks to modernize and expand the energy sector of the country, while shifting from thermal generated electricity to low cost and high reward, clean generation of hydropower.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures includes: a) ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of non-land assets; b) develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner if land acquisition is through negotiated settlement to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status; c) improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least national minimum standards. In rural areas provide them with legal and affordable access to land and resources, and in urban areas provide them with appropriate income sources and legal and affordable access to adequate housing; d) pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement; and e) monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports.
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The First Phase of the Dasu Hydropower Project (DHP) for Pakistan seeks to modernize and expand the energy sector of the country, while shifting from thermal generated electricity to low cost and high reward, clean generation of hydropower.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures includes: a) ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of non-land assets; b) develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner if land acquisition is through negotiated settlement to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status; c) improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least national minimum standards. In rural areas provide them with legal and affordable access to land and resources, and in urban areas provide them with appropriate income sources and legal and affordable access to adequate housing; d) pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement; and e) monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports.
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The development objective of Capacity Building for Smart Grid Investment for Transmission and Distribution Project is to assist the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to meet growing electricity demand and increase access to electricity in a sustainable manner.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: a) Project Affected Persons (PAPs) whose their income and living are disturbed by the project or are physically displaced will receive assistance to recovery their standard of living or at least to maintain it at the level before the implementation of the sub-project; b) the assistance program will give priority to the most severely affected people, and to vulnerable community members and groups, including those below the poverty line and women headed households; c) PAPs who suffer an income decline due to resettlement will also receive rehabilitation assistance to increase their ability to improve their lives; and d) those who occupy public land on sites such as rivers, roads, parks, or other public facilities in the project area and recorded in the socio-economic survey will receive assistance or compensation based on the recommendation of the socio-economic survey.
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The development objective of the Vietnam Industrial Pollution Management Project (VIPMP) is to improve environmental compliance of industrial zones (IZs) on a pilot basis.
... See More + Some of the negative and mitigation measures include: (i) for loss of agricultural land, affected households were offered cash compensation; (ii) for affected structures, losses were paid at replacement cost; (iii) for affected residential land, households were offered one of two options, cash compensation or land-for-land in the resettlement site. The households requiring relocation were provided with rental housing costs, until the finalization of the resettlement site construction scheduled for the end of 2012; and (iv) affected households have been provided with support, assistance and allowances as part of the compensation plans, according to the Government of Vietnam (GoV) norms and regulations, consisting of transport allowances, living stabilization allowance, vocational training allowance, house renting allowance, and special allowances for those who fall under the category of poor and vulnerable affected people.
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The objective of the Intermodal and Rail Development Project for Tanzania is to strengthen logistics capacity and develop the inter-modal and railway container operations on the Dar es Salaam - Isaka corridor section in Tanzania.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts could be encroachment onto the railway right of way in rural and urban areas because there are no clear boundaries where the railway reserve ends. The main form of encroachment is cropping of seasonal crops such as maize, rice, vegetables etc. To avoid or minimize the negative impact the construction company considers using 7.5 meters as the construction corridors and will not include the entire right of way of 15 and 30 meters in rural and urban areas respectively. This means only those crops within the 7.5 meters of construction corridors would be affected.
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The Social Protection Administration II Project for Armenia is intended to help with a roll-out of the integrated social protection service delivery and, along with significant elements of the technical assistance, includes an investment component aimed at the improvement of physical infrastructure of the Integrated Social Service Centers (ISSCs).
... See More + Works carried out within the framework of the project that may potentially require resettlement, movement, rehabilitation or any form of compensation, are mostly the construction works. External communications in construction territories (water supply/disposal, gas and electricity supply) that assume temporary/permanent use or occupation of territory under the ownership of other agencies could be affected. Refurbished and newly constructed centers will be established exclusively in areas owned by state or community, which do not pose significant resettlement risks.
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The objective of the Second Phase of the Community-led Infrastructure Development Project for the Urban Poor in Ulaanbaatar for Mongolia is to improve the quality of life of the urban poor in the informal settlement areas of Ulaanbaatar by providing basic urban services including water supply, sanitation, drainage, laundry and bathhouses, access roads and pathways in a sustainable manner.
... See More + Negative measures include: loss of land, loss of asset, loss of crops, loss of trees, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: a) the licensed households with documents of property holding affected by the land acquisition will be offered replacement of land and structure or cash compensation for replacement of land and structure; b) shifting assistance will be provided to the owners of structures of residential and/or commercial use and squatter households for shifting their assets; c) the loss of land and other assets will be compensated at replacement cost. Land for land should be the norm, in the absence of which cash for land will be applicable; and d) for those losing incomes, if at all, training for upgrading of skills related to income generation will be provided as part of rehabilitation assistance.
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The development objective of the Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) is to improve the technical and operational performance of National Power Transmission (NPT) in providing reliable and energy efficient electricity transmission services in Vietnam.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures includes: a) if house or other structure is only partially being affected by the project and the remaining areas are not convenient to using, the house or structure will be acquired at full replacement cost, without depreciation; b) tenants, who have leased a house for residential purposes will be provided with a cash grant of six months rental fee at the prevailing market rate in the area, and will be assisted in identifying alternative accommodation; c) affected household (BAH) will be compensated for the loss of standing crops at market price, productive trees will be compensated at replacement cost; d) financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made available and as where and when required; and e) the previous level of community services and resources will be maintained or improved.
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The development objective of the Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) is to improve the technical and operational performance of National Power Transmission (NPT) in providing reliable and energy efficient electricity transmission services in Vietnam.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures includes: a) if house or other structure is only partially being affected by the project and the remaining areas are not convenient to using, the house or structure will be acquired at full replacement cost, without depreciation; b) tenants, who have leased a house for residential purposes will be provided with a cash grant of six months rental fee at the prevailing market rate in the area, and will be assisted in identifying alternative accommodation; c) affected household (BAH) will be compensated for the loss of standing crops at market price, productive trees will be compensated at replacement cost; d) financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made available and as where and when required; and e) the previous level of community services and resources will be maintained or improved.
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The development objective of the Transmission Efficiency Project (TEP) is to improve the technical and operational performance of National Power Transmission (NPT) in providing reliable and energy efficient electricity transmission services in Vietnam.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures includes: a) if house or other structure is only partially being affected by the project and the remaining areas are not convenient to using, the house or structure will be acquired at full replacement cost, without depreciation; b) tenants, who have leased a house for residential purposes will be provided with a cash grant of six months rental fee at the prevailing market rate in the area, and will be assisted in identifying alternative accommodation; c) affected household (BAH) will be compensated for the loss of standing crops at market price, productive trees will be compensated at replacement cost; d) financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made available and as where and when required; and e) the previous level of community services and resources will be maintained or improved.
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