The development objective of the Erosion and Watershed Management Project for Nigeria is to reduce vulnerability to soil erosion in targeted sub-watersheds.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) land for land compensation is preferred priority, or cash compensation at replacement value based on market rate plus 10 percent compulsory acquisition surcharge as second option; (2) estimated net income for each lost cropping season, based on land record averages of crops and area planted in the previous four years; (3) cash compensation for loss of built-up structures at full replacement costs; and (4) restoration of livelihood (vocational training) and subsistence allowance at agreed rate per day for a total of 6 months while enrolled in a vocational training facility.
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The development objective of the Forestry Development Project for Belarus is to enhance silvicultural management and reforestation and afforestation, increase the use of felling residues, and improve the public good contribution from forests in targeted forest areas.
... See More + This restructuring will extend the closing date from August 31, 2020 to August 31, 2021, so as to align the grant closing date with that of the parent project and the recently approved additional financing (AF) loan.
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Disruption of infrastructure services can cause significant social and economic losses, particularly in the event of a natural disaster. The World Bank Group and the Government of Japan established the Quality Infrastructure Investment Partnership to focus attention on the quality dimensions of infrastructure in developing countries, with a focus on promoting disaster resilience.
... See More + Moreover, to support infrastructure investment decision making for sustainable and resilient development, the World Bank and Kyoto University have operationalized key resilience concepts at the project level and developed quantitative indicators capturing key aspects of infrastructure resilience related to the road transport sector. These indicators estimate resilience, expressed as functionality loss and recovery time across four dimensions: travel time, economic benefit, provision of life-saving services, and provision of relief goods. The paper applies indicator calculations to three case studies of proposed bypass roads in Japan and provides an example comparison of calculated indicators across the three projects for each resilience dimension. Further piloting of the approach will help refine the indicators, test their relative utility in decision making, and offer a better understanding of the data and analytical demands.
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Policy Research Working Paper WPS8584 SEP 13, 2018
The objective of the Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project is to provide select urban infrastructure in designated locations of Amaravati Capital City, and to support the initial development of its institutional and governance structure.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts are include: (i) loss of houses, common property resources such as places of worship, drinking water sources, burial / cremation areas, etc.; (ii) loss of land; (iii) loss of trees/ topes; (iv) loss of structure; (v) resident house owner irrespective of legal status; (vi) affected family without homestead land residing in the area as on the date of census survey; (vii) cattle shed / petty shop; (viii) all affected families / tenants irrespective of legal status; (ix) crop; (x) unidentified impacts; Some of the mitigation measures are include: (i) The value of the returnable plot is expected to be higher than that of the land surrendered and to continue to increase further in value as development of the Capital City progresses; (ii) The compensation also includes a cash component, intended to cover costs of construction of replacement housing, and a rental allowance for relocation pending construction of replacement housing; (iii) concerninglandless laborers is therefore the extent to which alternative sources of income are available locally to replace the loss of income from agricultural jobs; (iv) people who are occupying agricultural lands will receive smaller size returnable plots and pensions, as per LPS; (v) all affected common property resources will be reconstructed/ alternative arrangements will be provided for in consultation with stakeholders; (vi) demand for payment of prevailing market price for the land to be acquired; (vii) skill development centre to be started at the earliest and to give priority in jobs in Capital region; (viii) Government to take steps for giving skill development and other measures to be taken up for creating livelihood opportunities;
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