Social Assessment and Social Management Frameworkreport

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKREPORT July, 2014 Public Disclosure Authorized NATIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY Public Disclosure Authorized MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND PUBLIC WORKS Table of Contents Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................................... viii PART A: SOCIAL ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................ 1 Chapter One: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 2 A. Project Background ......................................................................................................... 2 B. Project Objectivesand Components ............................................................................... 3 C. Project Area .................................................................................................................... 5 D. Social Issues and Impacts .......................................................................................... 15 E. Purpose of Social Assessment ....................................................................................... 15 F. Approach and Methodology ......................................................................................... 16 G. Purpose and Structure of the Report ........................................................................ 19 Chapter Two: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT IN SELECTED CITIES ............................................ 20 A. Objectives of Community Assessment ......................................................................... 20 B. Sample Population in Selected Communities ............................................................... 20 C. Gender Profile of Communities .................................................................................... 21 D. Economic Profile of Communities ............................................................................. 21 1. Occupation of household heads ............................................................................ 21 2. Level of Income of sample HHs ............................................................................. 22 3. Households savings ............................................................................................... 23 4. Disability in the Selected Communities ................................................................. 23 E. Access to Education ...................................................................................................... 24 1. Percentage of school going children ..................................................................... 24 2. Children out of primary school .............................................................................. 25 F. Ownership of Assets ..................................................................................................... 25 1. Land holding .......................................................................................................... 25 2. Ownership of house............................................................................................... 26 3. Rights and Tenancy of Housing ............................................................................. 27 G. Living Condition of the Communities ........................................................................ 27 1. Living condition ...................................................................................................... 27 2. Access to electricity ............................................................................................... 28 3. Main source of fuel for HH usage .......................................................................... 30 4. Access to drainage facility ..................................................................................... 30 Social Assessment and Social Management Framework i National Housing Authority (NHA) May 2014 5. Source of drinking water ....................................................................................... 31 6. Main source of water for HH use .......................................................................... 31 H. Preferred solutions of residential problems ............................................................. 32 I. Gender Roles, Skills and Occupation ............................................................................ 32 J. Tribal Peoples ................................................................................................................ 36 Chapter Three:LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK AND PAST EXPERIENCE ........................ 38 A. Legal Framework ........................................................................................................... 38 B. National Policy on housing ........................................................................................... 39 C. The 1999 National Housing Policy (Amended) ............................................................. 40 1. Goals and Objectives of National Housing Policy 2008 ......................................... 41 2. The provisions of the policy to achieve those goals .............................................. 42 D. Land acquisition policy of NHA ................................................................................. 43 E. World Bank Safeguard Policy ........................................................................................ 44 F. Review of Past Experience of Slum Improvement in Bangladesh ................................ 45 1. Governmental interventions ................................................................................. 46 2. Some other experiences: ....................................................................................... 47 Chapter Four: CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION ................................................................ 49 A. General .......................................................................................................................... 49 B. Methodology of Consultation ....................................................................................... 49 C. Stakeholders ................................................................................................................. 50 D. Outcome of the stakeholder’s consultation meetings ............................................. 51 E. Informal Consultations/meetings with community people and leaders:..................... 53 Chapter Five: ASSESSMENT OF COMILLA CITY FOR PILOT SCHEME .................................... 57 A. Socio-economic considerations .................................................................................... 57 1. Household survey recommendations.................................................................... 57 2. Social considerations ............................................................................................. 57 3. Economic considerations ....................................................................................... 58 4. Physical and environmental considerations .......................................................... 60 B. SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITIES ..................................................... 60 1. Option and preferences for housing solutions ...................................................... 60 2. Spatial distribution of communities ...................................................................... 61 3. Education level of the population (5 years and above) ........................................ 62 4. Monthly income of the households ...................................................................... 63 5. Occupation of the heads of households ................................................................ 63 Social Assessment and Social Management Framework ii National Housing Authority (NHA) May 2014 6. Surveyed population by Age and Sex .................................................................... 65 7. Religion .................................................................................................................. 66 8. Duration of living at the present location ............................................................. 66 9. Land ownership pattern of the HHs ...................................................................... 67 10. Status of ownership of the housing structure ....................................................... 68 11. Living condition of the present location ................................................................ 69 12. Monthly rent for housing ...................................................................................... 70 13. Housing space used for different purposes ........................................................... 72 14. Savings of the households ..................................................................................... 72 15. Loan taken by households and sources ................................................................. 73 16. Household expenses .............................................................................................. 75 17. Health and hygiene ................................................................................................ 76 18. Access to electricity ............................................................................................... 77 19. Livestock in households ........................................................................................

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