An abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (A-RAP) is a document drafted by the sponsor responsible for resettlement (such as government agencies), specifying the procedures it will follow and the actions it will take to resettle and compensate affected people and communities.
... See More + The A-RAP are meant to address issues related to Involuntary Resettlement and/or the loss of assets and/or income as a result of the land acquisition approach and the demarcation of location of facilities. These A-RAPs describe the broad scope of the project, land acquisitions policy and procedures, assesses the extent and severity of impacts, compensation to project affected people as well as required institutional arrangements. Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: resettlement allowance in cash equivalent to the difference between compensation as per the urban land compensation rate and full replacement value as per current values in the same vicinity, plus value of all land transaction fees and charges; resettlement assistance to those most vulnerable to restore pre-displacement level livelihoods; vulnerable groups may include but not be limited to: poor or landless, women headed households, disabled and elderly; In the case of landless families who suffer partial or total loss of livelihood, provide income generating options and Rehabilitation assistance for lost or diminished livelihoods; and in the case of landless families who suffer partial or total loss of livelihood, provide income generating options and support mechanisms.
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The six independent members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)— Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.
... See More + Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines—face major development challenges and vulnerabilities. Their small size entails diseconomies of small scale in infrastructure, institutions, and markets. They are highly vulnerable to natural disasters, especially hurricanes, and to climate change. Their open but undiversified economies expose them to shocks. Tourism, now the dominant activity, faces eroding competitiveness and a loss of market share. A vicious circle has prevailed of low growth, high debt levels from weak public finances, and frequent shocks. During the FY06–14 evaluation period, the World Bank Group engaged with the OECS on two pillars of development: strengthening resilience and improving competitiveness. Program design was relevant and had laudable attributes, such as a good instrument mix in several cases, support for regional solutions with a strong economic rationale, flexibility to address risk, effective use of partnerships, and provision to confront capacity constraints. Bank Group program objectives however, were broad-ranging, involving many sectors and numerous activities. Greater selectivity would have allowed greater consistency and continuity of Bank support in priority areas, likely bringing better results. This evaluation rates the program’s progress toward achieving its objectives during FY06–14 as moderately satisfactory. Bank Group support helped strengthen areas such as fiscal and debt management, disaster risk management, social resilience, and the financial sector in the wake of the 2008–09 global crisis. A particularly important contribution drew on the Bank’s comparative advantage to help overcome a market failure through the establishment of a self-supporting, sustainable insurance mechanism against disaster events, the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility. Looking ahead, it will be necessary to ensure selectivity and specificity in the objectives of new Bank lending, and simplicity and flexibility in its design, with appropriate provision for the institutional capacity that it requires. The Bank Group should also continue supporting OECS-wide development solutions, but only where the economic rationale and support among country stakeholders are strong. It should also continue consolidating its portfolio of activities, ensuring complementarity within clusters of lending and nonlending products, and seek to strengthen and showcase collaboration by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.
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