The development objectives of the Cyclone Reconstruction and Climate Resilience Project for Tonga are to: (i) facilitate the provision of housing and basic services and restore and improve key community facilities to the affected population of Ha'apai; and (ii) strengthen institutional and executing capacity for disaster risk management in the Kingdom of Tonga.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) providing full replacement cost for land and fixed assets affected by land resumption; (2) calculating compensation based on full replacement cost and paying prior to the impact or resumption; and (3) considering the needs of affected persons in determining the form of compensation.
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The development objective of the Additional Financing for the Electricity Supply Reliability Project for Armenia is to increase the reliability and capacity of the transmission network.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of house, loss of asset, loss of land acquisition, loss of trees and crops, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: cash compensation at current market rates for the gross value of 1 year's harvest by default. Crop compensation will be paid both to landowners and tenants based on their specific sharecropping agreements; cash compensation at market rate based on type, age and productivity of trees. Re-plantation of twice the amount of saplings in suitable location in case of state owned and community trees; and non-residential buildings will be compensated in the same fashion as residential buildings only to those project affected persons, or PAPs who have registered legally their property. However PAPs without registration will be compensated, only after legalization and compensation. To legalize their buildings the PAPs without registration shall pay necessary sums for registration, if they can afford. Relocated renters will be given all relocation and severe impacts allowances.
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The development objective of the Chongqing Small Towns Water Environment Management Project for China is to reduce flood risks and improve wastewater services in selected counties of the Chongqing municipality.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) the resettlement subsidy to under 16 years will be fully paid to the individual; and a certain portion of that for one aged 16 years or above will be used to pay basic endowment insurance premiums for urban enterprise employees voluntarily, and the remainder will be paid to the individual for production and livelihood restoration; (2) the owner will also pay a reclamation bond of 8,000-10,000 yuan per mu, and undertake the reclamation of the temporarily occupied land. The bond will be returned to the owner if the reclaimed land has passed inspection; (3) young crops on the land temporarily occupied for the subproject will be compensated for based on twice the actual period of occupation at 3,630 yuan per mu for irrigated land, 4,530 yuan per mu for non-irrigated land and 4,530 yuan per mu for woodland; and (4) affected houses will be compensated for at the compensation rates for rural residential houses, namely 634 yuan per
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The development objective of the Secondary Education Improvement Project for Ghana is to increase access to upper secondary education in underserved school districts and improve quality in low-performing senior high schools in Ghana.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) providing compensation to project-affected people (PAPs) according to World Bank environmental and social safeguard policies; (2) recruiting local labor as much as is available; (3) including sanitary facilities in the project design, and providing running water; and (4) improving transport infrastructure or facilities under the project.
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The development objectives of the Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project (NEGIP) are to increase availability and reliability of power supply along with financial sustainability of the Nigerian power sector.
... See More + A secondary but important global objective would be the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through reduced gas flaring and enhanced share of cleaner generation. Some of the negative impacts of the project are: relocation or loss of shelter, loss of assets or access to assets, and/or loss of sources of income or means of livelihood. Mitigation measures of the project are: 1) resettlement will be avoided if possible and otherwise minimized by exploring all viable alternatives; 2) every effort will be made to provide alternative land to affected people, such as farmers and herdsmen, whose livelihoods depend on land, and who will lose land or access to land due to the subprojects; 3) if community infrastructure or services, such as schools, roads, bridges, water supplies, etc., are lost through project activities, these will be replaced in-kind; 4) affected persons and communities will be meaningfully consulted, and have the opportunity to participate in planning and implementing the resettlement program. This includes workshops and information campaigns to inform the public. Other means of information include the organization of local public forums to discuss the proposed mitigation measures, their content and means of their implementation, including timing and requirement, and to inform stakeholders about their rights and the alternatives available to them; and 5) alternative land will be provided to people who have to relocate physically because of the subprojects. These people must receive housing or residential plots that have all the advantages and productive potential of the previous site.
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The objective of the Household Natural Gas Connection Project is to support the Government of Egypt goal of reducing LPG subsidies through scaling up natural gas connections to households.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of asset, loss of land acquisition, loss of structure, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: affected land will be replaced in areas identified in consultation with affected communities and relevant organizations and authorities; provide alternative or similar resources to compensate for the temporary loss of access to community physical resources; provide cash compensation for the duration of business/income generation that is disrupted based on the minimum wage per month in the respective district; and provide cash compensation for loss of crops, trees, or plants at replacement cost.
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On September 30, 2013, the Inspection Panel received a request for inspection ('the request') relating to the Nigeria: Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (P071340) (''the Project').
... See More + The request was sent by the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) on behalf of 'individuals, families and groups living in the Badia area of Lagos State.' The requesters allege that the project has caused further 'impoverishment and insecurity' of Badia residents, a vulnerable slum community in Lagos, as a result of evictions that have occurred under the project 'without prior consultation, notice, compensation or resettlement.' The Panel verified that the request met the basic requirements for registration. However, based on the willingness of both the requesters and management to provide an opportunity to resolve the concerns rose, the Panel postponed its decision to register it and initiated instead the pilot approach to support early solutions in the Inspection Panel process. On November 11, 2013, the Panel informed the board that it will review the situation within three months, as of February 11, 2013, as stipulated in the pilot document. The Panel will wait for this expected progress, and will inform the Board by May 2014 on its decision, based on whether the Requesters are satisfied that their concerns have been successfully addressed (as set out in the pilot document).
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Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation 86212 MAR 20, 2014
The objective of the Second Regional and Municipal Infrastructure Development Project for Georgia is to improve access to and quality of municipal services and infrastructure.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land acquisition, loss of asset, loss of crops and trees, loss of structures, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: project affected person, or PAP will receive compensation or support of various kinds, without regard to the status of land registration and ownership, in accordance with the entitlement matrix included in this RPF and in compliance with the active legislation of Georgia and the World Bank safeguard policy; PAP will be informed about their rights and existing alternatives; PAP will be consulted on, offered choices among, and provided with technically and economically feasible resettlement alternatives; PAP will be offered effective compensation at full replacement cost for losses of assets; PAP will be offered additional support in case impact is considered to be severe, to support their livelihood during the transition period, based on a reasonable estimate of the time likely to be needed to restore their livelihood and standards of living; and PAP will be provided with development assistance in addition to compensation measures described, such as land preparation, credit facilities, training, or job opportunities.
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The development objective of the Second Urban Infrastructure Project for Ukraine is to improve the quality and efficiency of water supply, sanitation in targeted municipalities.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) providing compensation of equivalent productive value or compensation at full market value of the land; with compensation for damages, which will be calculated to ensure it will be equal to the replacement value; (2) the leasers for example, commercial companies or other tenants losing land will be notified by respective municipal administrations at the request of the utility, 3 months in advance to allow reallocating the activities if any or removal of the movable property to avoid income losses; and (3) compensation will be provided with an alternative place for trade acceptable and supported in relocating in case of need or will be compensated for the loss of income and damages to the asset occurring as the result of displacement by project works and until income is re-established.
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The Transmission Grid Strengthening Project for Georgia seeks to strengthen grid access for South Western Georgia by constructing an overhead power transmission line connecting the sub stations in Akhaltsikhe and Batumi, to ensure more stable electricity supply in the region.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of asset, loss of land acquisition, loss of income, loss of trees and crops, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: 1) land acquisition and resettlement will be minimized or avoided where possible. Where resettlement is unavoidable, the procedures and requirements outlined in this Framework will be followed. Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) will be designed to minimize adverse impacts; 2) affected 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 levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation; 3) all project affected persons (PAPs) will be meaningfully consulted and be active participants in the negotiated settlements and will have access to adequate and accessible grievance redress mechanisms. Consultations will consider gender issues and take into account the needs of stakeholders who may be considered vulnerable; 4) involuntary resettlement should be conceived as an opportunity for improving the livelihoods of the affected people and undertaken accordingly; 5) engagement and compensation will be carried out with equal consideration of women and men; 6) particular attention should be paid to households headed by women and other vulnerable groups, and appropriate assistance should be provided to help them improve their status; 7) land acquisition and resettlement action plan should be conceived and executed as a part of the project, and the full costs of compensation should be included in project costs and benefits; 8) compensation and resettlement subsidies will be fully provided prior to clearance of right of way/ ground levelling and demolition; and 8) upon completion of construction, restore land as best as possible to its original condition in the event of temporary disruption so as to enable landowners/users/lessees to resume their pre-project activities.
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The development objective of the International Development Association (IDA) Guarantee for Renewable Energy Development Program Project for Uganda is to increase electricity generation capacity by providing payment and credit risk enhancement to renewable energy based small independent power producers.
... See More + Negative impacts include: loss of land acquisition, loss of asset, loss of crops and trees, loss of income, and loss of livelihood. Mitigation measures include: a) During construction of the pipe lines (Penstock), ensure that animal underpasses are properly constructed to enable the community to lead their cattle to water at the river; b) those homesteads along access roads having earlier been separated only from a live fence should be provided with assistance to put up temporary fences to protect their children; c) to prevent any dust spreading, make sure that sprinkling of water is done during the excavation and widening of the access roads; d) the project needs to give leadership to commence a participatory home garden (tree growing program parallel to the construction phase of the project. Conduct more awareness raising among the community on the disclosure procedure, and provides constant advice to manage money for livelihood restoration; and e) any damages to the crops due to construction activities (unforeseen circumstances leading to soil deposits, soil collapses on the crops etc.) should be settled amicably by paying reasonable compensation to the project affected persons (PAPs) in consultation with the grievance committee.
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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 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 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 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 the First Phase of the Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project for Pakistan is to improve agriculture productivity for small and medium size farmers in Sindh.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (i) all land owning displaced persons losing land or non-land assets, i.e., crops and trees whether covered by legal title or traditional land rights, whether for temporary or permanent acquisition; (ii) tenants and share?croppers, whether registered or not; for all non?land assets, based on prevailing tenancy arrangements; (iii) displaced persons losing the use of structures and utilities, including titled and non?titled owners, registered, unregistered, tenants and lease holders plus encroachers and squatters; (iv) displaced persons losing business, income and salaries of workers, or a person or business suffering temporary effects, such as disturbance to land, crops, and business operations both permanently and also temporarily during construction; (v) loss of communal property, lands and public infrastructure; (vi) vulnerable displaced persons identified through the social impact assessment (SIA); and (vii) in the event of relocation, all displaced persons will receive transitional and other support to reestablish livelihoods. The displaced/affected persons are eligible for rehabilitation subsidies and for the compensation of lost land, structures and utilities along with loss of livelihood. There will also be special provisions for vulnerable displaced persons i.e. very old, physically or mentally handicapped, poor below the poverty line, widows, and women headed household and socially isolated.
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Ratings for the Land Management and Policy Development Project for Indonesia were as follows: outcomes were unsatisfactory, the risk to development outcome was significant, the Bank performance was moderately unsatisfactory, and the Borrower performance was unsatisfactory.
... See More + Some lessons learned included: in a country like Indonesia where the institutions bearing on land rights are poorly defined and not transparently administered, the priority needs to be championing legal and policy reform; in these circumstances, a project that pays less attention to reform than to land titling is unlikely to lead to a sustained increase in tenure security. This project approached institutional reform incidentally and made no headway because there was little support for it: there was little or no high-level commitment by government and the three implementing agencies showed little or no inclination to work together on policy reform. The decentralization of land management presupposes that there is adequate coordination between the sub-provincial agencies responsible for surveying, mapping and zoning; because not all aspects of land management can be self-financing, land management may be compromised if transfers from central government are erratic and insufficient. Despite the project's investment in local government capacity building, the National Land Agency was not sufficiently decentralized to facilitate collaboration with local institutions, and survey and mapping initiatives by these agencies were not harmonized, reducing the efficiency of spatial planning. This problem is aggravated by the underfunding of provincial and local levels of government.
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Project Performance Assessment Report 85809 MAR 05, 2014