The development objectives of the Phase two of the Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project for Kazakhstan are to improve flood management capacity and improve water provision for developing aquaculture and other socioeconomic activities in the project areas along the lower Syr Darya.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: the lost irrigated lands are compensated by the identical agricultural lands, i.e identical soil fertility level and productivity. Compensation is meant to give the owners an opportunity to restore the pre-project level of livelihood. These procedures are related both to the legislation of RK and procedures of World bank; affected persons are entitled to be compensated at full replacement cost for their lost assets, incomes and businesses, including temporary losses or impacts, without adjustments for depreciation; compensation should enable affected persons to restore at least their pre-project incomes and standard of living by the end of the project; special attention should be given to households headed by women and other vulnerable persons and appropriate assistance provided to assure that their living standards are maintained or improved; land acquisition and resettlement are executed as part of the project and fully funded; and compensation will be fully provided before land can be entered for civil works or demolition.
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The objective of the Pap-Angren Railway Project is to reduce costs and provide connectivity between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan thereby improving access and closing economic gap with the rest of Uzbekistan and international markets.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: it is necessary to minimize performance of works on railway construction which may cause the necessity of involuntary resettlement; when carrying out construction and rehabilitation works damage to houses and objects of infrastructure should be minimized; due to careful selection of necessary plots all the best should be done to minimize acquisition of productive and private lands and to avoid acquisition of lands where people live and carry out business activity; during designing acquisition of lands on permanent basis should be minimized; temporary negative impact on lands should be minimized by accurate implementation of construction/rehabilitation works; it is necessary to take additional measures on informing of households to minimize damage to available crops and fruits; it is necessary to make all efforts to use more public lands for construction of new railway Angren-Pap, and also to the most limit construction and repair works in irrigated plots. In case it appears impossible to avoid works in the territory of irrigated plots outside the settlements, damage to fields, crops and plantings should be compensated; the amount of compensations to households for the damage caused to crops and trees, will be determined basing on retail market prices; and households should have opportunity to declare their claims and to undertake actions directed on receiving of compensations.
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The objective of the Pap-Angren Railway Project is to reduce costs and provide connectivity between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan thereby improving access and closing economic gap with the rest of Uzbekistan and international markets.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: it is necessary to minimize performance of works on railway construction which may cause the necessity of involuntary resettlement; when carrying out construction and rehabilitation works damage to houses and objects of infrastructure should be minimized; due to careful selection of necessary plots all the best should be done to minimize acquisition of productive and private lands and to avoid acquisition of lands where people live and carry out business activity; during designing acquisition of lands on permanent basis should be minimized; temporary negative impact on lands should be minimized by accurate implementation of construction/rehabilitation works; it is necessary to take additional measures on informing of households to minimize damage to available crops and fruits; it is necessary to make all efforts to use more public lands for construction of new railway Angren-Pap, and also to the most limit construction and repair works in irrigated plots. In case it appears impossible to avoid works in the territory of irrigated plots outside the settlements, damage to fields, crops and plantings should be compensated; the amount of compensations to households for the damage caused to crops and trees, will be determined basing on retail market prices; and households should have opportunity to declare their claims and to undertake actions directed on receiving of compensations.
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The objective of the Second Energy Efficiency (EE) Financing Project for China is to scale-up commercial debt financing for EE investment across China through an EE debt financing mechanism.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and their mitigation measures are as follows: a) wherever possible, project designs and resettlement plans (RPs) should be conceived as development opportunities, so that displaced persons may benefit from the services and facilities created for, or by, project activities; b) all displaced persons are entitled to compensation for lost assets, or to alternative but equivalent forms of assistance in lieu of compensation; lack of legal rights to the assets lost will not bar displaced persons from entitlement to such compensation or alternative forms of assistance; c) compensation rates as established in a RP refer to amounts to be paid in full to the individual or collective owner of the lost asset, without depreciation or deduction for taxes, fees or any other purpose; d) when cultivated land is acquired, effort should be made to provide land-for-land replacement; e) replacement house plots, sites for relocating businesses, or replacement agricultural land should be of equivalent use value to the land that was lost; f) the resettlement transition period should be minimized. Compensation for assets should be paid prior to the time of impact, so that new houses can be constructed, fixed assets can be removed or replaced, and other necessary mitigation measures can be undertaken prior to actual displacement; g) displaced persons are to receive support (direct assistance or allowances) to meet moving expenses or for temporary subsistence until they can resume productive activities; h) displaced persons should be consulted during the process of RP preparation, so that their preferences regarding possible resettlement arrangements are solicited and considered; RPs are publicly disclosed in a manner accessible to displaced persons; i) the previous level of community services and access to resources will be maintained or improved after resettlement; and j) responsibility must be clearly established for meeting all costs associated with land acquisition and resettlement, and for ensuring that sufficient funds are available as they become needed.
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The objective of the Second Energy Efficiency (EE) Financing Project for China is to scale-up commercial debt financing for EE investment across China through an EE debt financing mechanism.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and their mitigation measures are as follows: a) wherever possible, project designs and resettlement plans (RPs) should be conceived as development opportunities, so that displaced persons may benefit from the services and facilities created for, or by, project activities; b) all displaced persons are entitled to compensation for lost assets, or to alternative but equivalent forms of assistance in lieu of compensation; lack of legal rights to the assets lost will not bar displaced persons from entitlement to such compensation or alternative forms of assistance; c) compensation rates as established in a RP refer to amounts to be paid in full to the individual or collective owner of the lost asset, without depreciation or deduction for taxes, fees or any other purpose; d) when cultivated land is acquired, effort should be made to provide land-for-land replacement; e) replacement house plots, sites for relocating businesses, or replacement agricultural land should be of equivalent use value to the land that was lost; f) the resettlement transition period should be minimized. Compensation for assets should be paid prior to the time of impact, so that new houses can be constructed, fixed assets can be removed or replaced, and other necessary mitigation measures can be undertaken prior to actual displacement; g) displaced persons are to receive support (direct assistance or allowances) to meet moving expenses or for temporary subsistence until they can resume productive activities; h) displaced persons should be consulted during the process of RP preparation, so that their preferences regarding possible resettlement arrangements are solicited and considered; RPs are publicly disclosed in a manner accessible to displaced persons; i) the previous level of community services and access to resources will be maintained or improved after resettlement; and j) responsibility must be clearly established for meeting all costs associated with land acquisition and resettlement, and for ensuring that sufficient funds are available as they become needed.
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The objective of the Anhui Shaying River Channel Improvement Project for China is to restore the navigation of the Shaying River fully through channel dredging, obstructive bridge reconstruction, bank seepage control, the setup of revetments and anchorage service zones, and the deployment of navigation aids and signs.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and their mitigation measures include: 1) in case of land acquisition, the acquired land shall be compensated for based on its original use. Compensation fees for land acquisition include compensation fees for land, ground attachments young crops, and resettlement subsidy; 2) the use of land compensation fees and resettlement subsidy shall be decided by the village congress; the land compensation fees may be paid to the affected village or households; the resettlement subsidy must be used specifically for labor resettlement for the acquired land and shall not be diverted to any other purpose; the compensation fees for ground attachments and young crops shall be paid to their respective owners. After an affected household receives compensation, if it meets the criteria for the endowment insurance of land-expropriated farmers, it may participate in the endowment insurance of land-expropriated farmers; 3) temporary occupation of rural collective land shall be compensated for based on the purpose and loss of occupation. Compensation fees for temporary land occupation include young crop/ground attachment compensation fees, and land reclamation fees; 4) selecting local restoration, non-local resettlement or single compensation as one wishes after receiving the cash compensation for the house; and 5) receiving house compensation at replacement cost, and compensation for relocation of attachments based on actual costs.
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If you have any comments on the Environmental and Social System Assessment of the Inclusive Housing Finance Program, please send your comments by maximum January 20, 2015 to the following email: afaltas@worldbank.org ?????
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afaltas@worldbank.org The development objective of the Inclusive Housing Finance Program Project for Egypt is to strengthen the government's capacity to deliver housing solutions to low-income households through supporting the overall institutional and policy framework of the social housing program (SHP) and assisting the design and financing of demand-side programs that will come under the umbrella of the SHP. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) ensuring clear boundaries are maintenance during implementation between supply-side and demand side; (2) designing and implementing context sensitive information sharing mechanisms; and (3) designing and implementing communication and reaching out plans.
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The Republic of Tajikistan (RT) with support from the International Development Agency (IDA)/World Bank have decided to set up the Communal Services Development Fund (CSDF) to address the growing urban infrastructure needs (water, sanitation and solid waste management) and logistical infrastructure-city roads and transportation facilities.
... See More + Establishment of CSDF will be carried out under the proposed Communal Services Development Fund Project (CSDFP). Hence, the CSDFP will consist of pre-CSDF set-up and post-CSDF set-up periods. CSDFP will start with implementation of subprojects, under the current PMU management, and upon finalization of CSDF establishment, all financing will be transferred under direct management of the Fund. CSDF will function under the office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the investments of the CSDF will be approved by a Steering Committee (SC) constituted for this purpose. A secretariat functioning under the Deputy Prime Ministers Office (DPMO) would be responsible for project appraisals, investment recommendations, disbursements, monitoring and performance audit of the fund.
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The objective of the Third Village Investment Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to building the local capacity for participatory planning of the process of development and improvement of the access to social and economic infrastructure among local residents by means of rural community grants.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of asset, loss of structures, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: particular attention should be paid to socially vulnerable groups, such as ethnic minorities, female headed households, elderly households etc. and appropriate assistance should be provided during the resettlement process and to help them improve their livelihoods; land acquisition and resettlement should be conceived of and executed as a part of the project, and the full costs of compensation should be included in the project costs and benefits; compensation or rehabilitation assistance should be provided prior to displacement or any project-related activity that may cause harm to the PAPs; compensation will be provided for community assets identified through the socioeconomic survey. In all cases these will be provided in kind and new facilities will be constructed or the old facilities repaired if partially impacted by the project; and compensation will be paid for the lost income during the construction period (time lag between losing the income and re-establishment). This will be estimated based on records of the daily or monthly income of the affected parties.
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The objective of the Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project for India is to assist the Highways Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu, in improving the road services over its core road network (CRN) in terms of capacity enhancement, better maintenance and lower accident fatalities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) resettlement should be avoided where feasible, or minimized, exploring all viable alternative project designs; (ii) where it is not feasible to avoid resettlement, resettlement activities should be conceived and executed as sustainable development programs, providing sufficient investment resources to enable the persons displaced by the project to share in project benefits and displaced persons should be meaningfully consulted and should have opportunities to participate in planning and implementing resettlement programs; and (iii) displaced persons should be assisted in their efforts to improve their livelihoods and standards of living or at least to restore them, in real terms, to pre-displacement levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher.
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The objective of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization Project for India is to improve water service quality to a continuous supply across the three project cities of Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga in the state of Karnataka, through the establishment of sustainable service delivery arrangements at Urban Local Body (ULB) level.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of asset, loss of structures, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: resources such as cultural properties and community assets shall be conserved (by means of special protection, relocation, replacement, etc.) in consultation with the community; encourage consultation with communities in identifying environmental and social implications of projects; pay special attention to marginalized and vulnerable groups and secure their inclusion in overall public participation; provide compensation and assistance to project affected persons, or PAPs prior to any displacement or start of civil works; and guarantee entitlements and compensation to affected people as per the R&R policy as established in this document. This will ensure compensation and assistance sufficient to improve or at least restore livelihoods to levels experienced before the project.
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The objective of the Pap-Angren Railway Project is to reduce costs and provide connectivity between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan thereby improving access and closing economic gap with the rest of Uzbekistan and international markets.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: it is necessary to minimize performance of works on railway construction which may cause the necessity of involuntary resettlement; when carrying out construction and rehabilitation works damage to houses and objects of infrastructure should be minimized; due to careful selection of necessary plots all the best should be done to minimize acquisition of productive and private lands and to avoid acquisition of lands where people live and carry out business activity; during designing acquisition of lands on permanent basis should be minimized; temporary negative impact on lands should be minimized by accurate implementation of construction/rehabilitation works; it is necessary to take additional measures on informing of households to minimize damage to available crops and fruits; it is necessary to make all efforts to use more public lands for construction of new railway Angren-Pap, and also to the most limit construction and repair works in irrigated plots. In case it appears impossible to avoid works in the territory of irrigated plots outside the settlements, damage to fields, crops and plantings should be compensated; the amount of compensations to households for the damage caused to crops and trees, will be determined basing on retail market prices; and households should have opportunity to declare their claims and to undertake actions directed on receiving of compensations.
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The development objectives of the Electricity Supply Reliability Project for Armenia are to increase the reliability and capacity of the transmission network and to reduce energy consumption of social public buildings.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, loss of crops and trees, buildings, agriculture land, loss of business. Mitigation measures include: 1) agricultural land impacts will be compensated at either in cash at market or cadastral value (whichever the highest) plus a 15 percent allowance or through replacement land equal in value/productivity to the plot lost acceptable to the Project Affected Persons (PAPs); 2) buildings will be compensated to all APs irrespective of the house registration status in cash at replacement cost plus a 15 percent allowance; 3) crop compensation will be paid both to landowners and tenants based on their specific sharecropping agreements; 4) cash compensation at market rate based on type, age and productivity of trees; 5) permanent losses for business activity will be compensated in cash equal to a 1-year net income based on tax declaration; and 6) indemnity for lost wages for the period of business interruption up to a maximum of 6 months.
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The development objectives of the Electricity Supply Reliability Project for Armenia are to increase the reliability and capacity of the transmission network and to reduce energy consumption of social public buildings.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, loss of crops and trees, buildings, agriculture land, loss of business. Mitigation measures include: 1) agricultural land impacts will be compensated at either in cash at market or cadastral value (whichever the highest) plus a 15 percent allowance or through replacement land equal in value/productivity to the plot lost acceptable to the Project Affected Persons (PAPs); 2) buildings will be compensated to all APs irrespective of the house registration status in cash at replacement cost plus a 15 percent allowance; 3) crop compensation will be paid both to landowners and tenants based on their specific sharecropping agreements; 4) cash compensation at market rate based on type, age and productivity of trees; 5) permanent losses for business activity will be compensated in cash equal to a 1-year net income based on tax declaration; and 6) indemnity for lost wages for the period of business interruption up to a maximum of 6 months.
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The development objectives of the Electricity Supply Reliability Project for Armenia are to increase the reliability and capacity of the transmission network and to reduce energy consumption of social public buildings.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land, loss of crops and trees, buildings, agriculture land, loss of business. Mitigation measures include: 1) agricultural land impacts will be compensated at either in cash at market or cadastral value (whichever the highest) plus a 15 percent allowance or through replacement land equal in value/productivity to the plot lost acceptable to the Project Affected Persons (PAPs); 2) buildings will be compensated to all APs irrespective of the house registration status in cash at replacement cost plus a 15 percent allowance; 3) crop compensation will be paid both to landowners and tenants based on their specific sharecropping agreements; 4) cash compensation at market rate based on type, age and productivity of trees; 5) permanent losses for business activity will be compensated in cash equal to a 1-year net income based on tax declaration; and 6) indemnity for lost wages for the period of business interruption up to a maximum of 6 months.
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The development objective of the Social Investment and Local Development Project for Armenia is to improve the quality of, and access to, community infrastructure and to enhance the Armenia social investment fundapos;s capacity to design and deliver inter-community social and economic development initiatives.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of trees and crops, loss of asset, loss of structures, loss og income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: payment of cash compensation for lost assets may be appropriate where (a) livelihoods are land-based but the land taken for the project is a small fraction of the affected asset and the residual is economically viable; (b) active markets for land, housing, and labor exist, PAPs use such markets, and there is sufficient supply of land and housing; or (c) livelihoods are not land- based. Cash compensation levels should be sufficient to replace the lost land and other assets at full replacement cost in local markets, calculated as of the cut-off date. Compensation in cash for all residential, commercial or other structures will be paid at replacement cost of these structures, without any depreciation of the structure and without deduction for salvageable materials. Wood trees will be valued based on the category (a. seedling; b. medium growth; and c. full growth) and wood value and volume. Decorative trees will be valued based on market value of the tree. Fruit/productive trees will be valued based on the category (a. seedling; b. adult-not yet fruit bearing; and c. fruit bearing). Stage (a) and (b) trees are compensated based on the value of the investment made; stage (c) trees are compensated at net market value of 1 year income x number of years needed to grow a new fully productive tree. In relation to losses that cannot easily be valued or compensated for in monetary terms (e.g., access to public services, customers, and suppliers; or to fishing, grazing, or forest areas), attempts will be made to establish access to equivalent and culturally acceptable resources and earning opportunities.
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The development objective of the Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project for Vietnam is to contribute to the deployment and implementation of the agricultural restructuring plan (ARP) by providing capacity building and organizational development to the sector and re-organizing production to increase value addition and sustainability of rice and coffee sub-sectors in two key commodity production zones of Vietnam such as Mekong delta and Central Highlands regions.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) consulting those persons affected by a potential project on feasible resettlement and restoration measures; (2) providing the project affected persons with options for resettlement and restoration; (3) allowing them to participate in planning and selecting the options; (4) providing compensation rates at full replacement cost for the losses; (5) selecting areas of resettlement so that benefits and services are provided, at the minimum levels, the same levels as in the locations they used to reside; (6) providing allowances, training and income - generating support to facilitate the displacement; (7) identifying vulnerable groups and providing special assistance to these groups; and (8) establishing institutional and organizational structures to support the process until it is successfully completed.
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