Resettlement Plan
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Resettlement Plan March 2019 PRC: Guizhou Gui’an New District New Urbanization Smart Transport System Development Prepared by the Gui’an Project Management Office for the Asian Development Bank. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Guizhou Gui’an New District New Urbanization Smart Transport System Development Project Resettlement Plan Gui’an Project Management Office (GPMO) March 2019 Bureau of Economic Development of Gui’an (BEDGA): 1 March 2019 Definition of Terms Affected Household: All persons residing under one roof and eating from the same kitchen, who are adversely affected by the Project, or any of its components; may consist of a single nuclear family or an extended family group. Affected Persons: In the context of involuntary resettlement, displaced persons are those who are physically displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically displaced (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. Compensation: Cash or in-kind payment of the replacement cost of an asset lost due to Project-related impacts Entitlement: Range of measures comprising compensation, income restoration, transfer assistance, income substitution, and relocation, which are due to affected people, depending on the nature of their losses, to restore their economic and social base Income Restoration: Reestablishment of income sources and livelihoods of Aps Involuntary Resettlement: Full or partial, permanent or temporary physical displacement (relocation, loss of residential land or shelter) and economic displacement (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a consequence of development projects, compelling APs to rebuild their lives, incomes and asset bases Land Acquisition: The process whereby a person is compelled by a government agency to relinquish their land or land use rights to the government (i) for a public purpose and (ii)in return for compensation. This land may be either owned or possessed by the affected person. Replacement Cost: The value determined to be fair compensation for various types of agricultural and residential land, crops, trees, and other commodities based on current market rates; the cost of rebuilding houses and structures at current market prices of building materials and labor, without depreciation or deductions for salvaged building material Vulnerable Groups: Distinct group of people (poor, elderly, disabled and female-headed households) who may suffer disproportionately from resettlement effects Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................... i A. Project Background ........................................................................................................... i B. RP Preparation .................................................................................................................. i C. LA and Resettlement Impacts ............................................................................................ i D. Project Policies and Entitlements ....................................................................................... i E. Resettlement Policies and Programs ................................................................................ ii F. Implementation Arrangements .......................................................................................... ii G. Consultation and Disclosure ............................................................................................. ii H. Grievance Redress .......................................................................................................... iii I. Resettlement Budget ....................................................................................................... iii J. Progress and Monitoring ................................................................................................. iii I. Project Description .................................................................................................... 1 A. Project Background .......................................................................................................... 1 B. Project Scope ................................................................................................................... 2 C. Preparation of Safeguard Documents ............................................................................... 7 D. Measures to Reduce LA and Resettlement Impacts at the Design Stage .......................... 8 II. Land acquisistion and Resettlement Impacts ................................................................ 9 A. Resettlement Impacts ....................................................................................................... 9 B. LA Impacts........................................................................................................................ 9 C. Affected Ethnic Minorities ............................................................................................... 11 D. Affected Ground Attachments ......................................................................................... 12 E. Temporary Land Occupation ........................................................................................... 12 III. Socioeconomic Profile .................................................................................................... 13 IV. Policy & Legal Frameworks ............................................................................................. 22 A. PRC Laws, Regulations and Policies .............................................................................. 22 B. Local Regulations and Policies ....................................................................................... 23 C. ADB Policy on Involuntary Resettlement ......................................................................... 24 D. Differences between ADB and PRC Policies and Gap Filling Measures ......................... 24 E. Resettlement Principles for the Project ........................................................................... 26 V. Compensation Rates and Entitlements ........................................................................... 27 A. Cut-off Date .................................................................................................................... 27 B. Compensation Rates for Rural Collective Land and Crops ............................................. 27 C. Compensation Rates for State-owned Land ................................................................... 29 D. Compensation Rates for Temporary Land Occupation .................................................... 29 VI. Income and Livelihood Restoration Measures ............................................................... 32 A. LA Compensation ........................................................................................................... 32 B. Employment Training and Opportunities ......................................................................... 32 C. Commercial Property Resettlement ................................................................................ 33 D. Social security fund for LEFs .......................................................................................... 34 E. Supporting Measures for Vulnerable Groups .................................................................. 34 F. Assistance Measures for Minority Residents ................................................................... 34 G. Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests .................................................................... 34 VII. Implementation Arrangements ........................................................................................ 34 A. Organizational Setup ...................................................................................................... 34 B. Responsibilities ............................................................................................................... 35 C. Staff and Training ............................................................................................................ 36 VIII. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ................................................... 38 A. RP Preparation Stage ..................................................................................................... 38 B. RP Update and Implementation Stage ............................................................................ 40 IX. Grievance Redress ......................................................................................................... 41 X. Budget, Funding Source and Disbursement ................................................................... 42 XI. Resettlement Implementation