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World Bank Document SFG3830 World Bank-financed Jiangxi Integrated Rural and Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Project Public Disclosure Authorized Jiangxi Integrated Rural and Urban Water Supply and Wastewater Management Project Summary Resettlement Action Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Jiangxi PMO October 2017 Contents 1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 DESCRIPTION OF THIS REPORT............................................................................................................................... 6 1.3 DUE DILIGENCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 1.4 SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT SURVEY AND IMPACTS ......................................................................................... 6 2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE PROJECT AREA..................................................................... 9 2.1 AFFECTED COUNTIES (DISTRICTS) ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 AFFECTED TOWNSHIPS ............................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 AFFECTED VILLAGES .............................................................................................................................................. 10 3 LA AND RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS ................................................................................................ 11 3.1 LA ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 3.1.1 Permanent Acquisition of Collective Land ............................................................................................. 11 3.1.2 Impact Analysis ............................................................................................................................................ 12 3.2 PERMANENT OCCUPATION OF STATE-OWNED LAND .......................................................................................... 16 3.3 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION .......................................................................................................................... 16 3.4 AFFECTED POPULATION ........................................................................................................................................ 17 3.5 OTHER IMPACTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.5.1 Small Waterworks Closedown ................................................................................................................. 17 3.5.2 Impact on Power Generation .................................................................................................................... 18 4 RESETTLEMENT POLICIES ............................................................................................................. 20 4.1 POLICY BASIS ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 2 4.2 RESETTLEMENT POLICIES OF THE PROJECT ....................................................................................................... 21 5 COMPENSATION RATES .................................................................................................................. 22 5.1 COLLECTIVE LAND .................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.2 PERMANENT OCCUPATION OF STATE-OWNED LAND .......................................................................................... 22 5.3 TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION .......................................................................................................................... 22 6 LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION ........................................................................................................... 24 6.1 RESTORATION MEASURES FOR LA ...................................................................................................................... 24 6.2 RESTORATION MEASURES FOR TEMPORARY LAND OCCUPATION .................................................................... 25 6.3 RESTORATION MEASURES FOR OTHER IMPACTS ............................................................................................... 25 6.3.1 Employee Resettlement for Small Waterworks Closedown .............................................................. 25 6.3.2 Compensation for Power Generation ..................................................................................................... 26 7 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR RESETTLEMENT ................................................................ 27 7.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................. 27 7.2 ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................... 27 7.3 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND TRAINING ............................................................................................................. 28 8 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND GRIEVANCE REDRESS ................................................................... 30 8.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .......................................................................................................................................... 30 8.2 GRIEVANCE REDRESS ........................................................................................................................................... 31 9 RESETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION ............................................................................................... 33 10 RESETTLEMENT BUDGET ........................................................................................................... 35 10.1 BUDGET ................................................................................................................................................................... 35 3 10.2 FUNDING SOURCES ................................................................................................................................................ 35 10.3 FUND DISBURSEMENT AND MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................... 35 11 RESETTLEMENT M&E .................................................................................................................. 37 11.1 INTERNAL MONITORING ......................................................................................................................................... 37 11.2 EXTERNAL MONITORING ........................................................................................................................................ 37 11.3 POST-EVALUATION ................................................................................................................................................. 38 12 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX ................................................................................................................. 39 APPENDIXES ........................................................................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX 1 DUE DILIGENCE ON RELATED PROJECT—LAND FOR NANFENG COUNTY NO.2 WATERWORKS ........... 42 APPENDIX 2 DETAILED IMPACTS OF SMALL WATERWORKS CLOSEDOWN .................................................................... 46 4 List of Tables TABLE 1-1 COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT ............................................................................................................................ 3 TABLE 1-2 SUMMARY OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................. 8 TABLE 2-1 SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS OF THE AFFECTED COUNTIES (DISTRICTS) .................... 9 TABLE 2-2 SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS OF THE AFFECTED TOWNSHIPS ....................................... 9 TABLE 2-3 SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS OF THE AFFECTED VILLAGES ......................................... 10 TABLE 3-1 IDENTIFICATION OF RESETTLEMENT IMPACTS .................................................................................................... 11 TABLE 3-2 SUMMARY OF ACQUIRED COLLECTIVE LAND ...................................................................................................... 11 TABLE 3-3 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF WOODLAND ACQUISITION IN YONGXIN COUNTY ........................................................... 13 TABLE 3-4 LAND AND INCOME LOSS ANALYSIS OF AHS ...................................................................................................... 13 TABLE 3-5 LA IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DONGXIANG DISTRICT................................................................................................ 15 TABLE 3-6 SUMMARY OF LA IMPACTS IN DONGXIANG
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