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SAFEGUARD Implementation HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL? A SSESSMENT OF THE SOUTH ASIA EXPERIENCE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SAFEGUARD IMPLEMENTATION HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE MEANINGFUL? A SSESSMENT OF THE SOUTH ASIA EXPERIENCE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (report) Reminder: This is the copyright and disclaimer page to be used in new ADB publications as of January 2015. This page now reflects ADB’s move to Open Access and use of a Creative Commons (CC) IGO license. Most ADB-only publications are covered by the CC BY 3.0 IGO Creative CommonsCommons Attribution Attribution 3.0 3.0 IGO IGO license license (CC (CC BY BY 3.0 3.0 IGO) IGO) license, as per the text below. For copublished titles, a different CC license may apply. In such © 201_ Asian Development Bank instances,please please contact delete the Publishing and 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City, 1550 Metro Manila, Philippines Dissemination Team of DER. 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Introduction 1 A. The Project Cycle and Current Safeguard Requirements 1 B. Overview of Perceived Deficiencies: The Need for Assessment of Social and Environmental Safeguard Implementation in South Asia 5 C. Safeguard Assessment Approach and Methodology 6 II. The Situation: Assessment of Current Safeguard Implementation in South Asia 10 A. Reconciling Country Safeguard Systems and ADB Expectations: National Policies versus the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 10 B. Project Case Studies in Bhutan, India, and Nepal 27 C. Prevailing Trends in the Region: Comparative Analysis of Safeguard Requirements versus Implementation 91 D. Common Constraints in Institutional Capacity for Safeguards Management 122 E. Convergence of Social and Environmental Safeguards: Lost Opportunities? 131 III. Moving Forward: Making Safeguard Design and Implementation More Meaningful 135 A. Summary of Shortcomings: What Can Be Fixed? 135 B. Proposed Remedies 142 C. Next Steps 150 References 151 Appendix: Details of the Case Study Projects 156 Tables and Figures Tables 1 Comparative Summary of National Environmental Legislation and Guidance and the Environmental Policy Principles in the ADB Safeguard Policy Statement 15 2 Environmental Covenants in the Dagachhu Loan Agreement 32 3 Key Activities and Results from the Environmental Safeguard Progress Reports 34 4 Proposed Monitoring before and during Project Operation 35 5 Roadway Segments under the National Roads Project II 43 6 Summary of Environmental Management