IPP739 V1 REV World Bank-financed Project Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Report of the Wuwei Subproject of the Gansu Rural-Urban Integration Infrastructure Public Disclosure Authorized Project Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Wuwei Municipal Project Management Office Liangzhou District Project Management Office Gulang County Project Management Office National Research Center for Resettlement, Hohai University July 2014 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 TASKS OF SA ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SCOPE OF SA ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 KEY POINTS OF SA ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 METHODS OF SA ................................................................................................................................ 2 2 SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA ..................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 DEFINITION OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA ................................................................................................. 5 2.2 SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE .................................................................................................................... 5 2.3 OVERVIEW OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OF LIANGZHOU DISTRICT AND GULANG COUNTY .................................... 7 2.3.1 Traffic of Wuwei City, Liangzhou District and Gulang County ........................ 7 2.3.2 Key Problems in the Road Network ............................................................................. 9 2.3.3 Traffic Accidents ......................................................................................................... 10 2.3.4 Key Problems in Traffic Management of Liangzhou District and Gulang County ........................................................................................................................................................ 11 3 STAKEHOLDERS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION............................................................ 14 3.1 IDENTIFICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS .................................................................................................... 14 3.1.1 Primary Stakeholders .................................................................................................... 14 3.1.2 Secondary Stakeholders ................................................................................................ 15 3.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION PROCESS ........................................................................... 19 3.2.1 Institutional Interviews ............................................................................................ 19 3.2.2 FGDs with Villagers/Residents in the Subproject Area .................................... 20 3.2.3 FGDs with Enterprises and Public Institutions .................................................. 20 3.2.4 Questionnaire Survey .................................................................................................... 21 3.3 DEMAND ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS ..................................................................................... 26 3.3.1 Overall Evaluation of Local Residents on Local Traffic Conditions ........... 26 3.3.2 Traffic Problems and Demand Analysis .................................................................... 26 3.3.3 Local Residents’ Overall Evaluation of and Needs for Urban and Rural Buses ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 3.3.4 Local Residents’ Overall Evaluation of and Needs for Traffic Safety ..... 31 3.3.5 Local Residents’ Overall Evaluation of and Needs for Traffic Management ........................................................................................................................................................ 32 4 POVERTY ANALYSIS AND STRATEGY ............................................................................ 35 4.1 RURAL POVERTY ............................................................................................................................... 35 4.2 URBAN POVERTY AND MINIMUM LIVING SECURITY ................................................................................. 36 4.3 CAUSES OF IMPOVERISHMENT ............................................................................................................. 36 4.3.1 Liangzhou District ........................................................................................................ 36 4.3.2 Gulang County .................................................................................................................. 38 4.4 POVERTY REDUCTION MEASURES .......................................................................................................... 38 4.4.1 Liangzhou District ........................................................................................................ 39 4.4.2 Gulang County .................................................................................................................. 40 4.5 DEMAND ANALYSIS OF THE POOR ........................................................................................................ 42 4.6 POVERTY REDUCTION EFFECT OF THE SUBPROJECT ................................................................ 44 5 WOMEN’S NEEDS FOR THE SUBPROJECT ................................................................... 46 5.1 OVERVIEW OF LOCAL WOMEN .............................................................................................................. 46 5.1.1 Education .......................................................................................................................... 46 5.1.2 Division of Labor .......................................................................................................... 46 5.1.3 Participation in Public Affairs .............................................................................. 47 5.2 WOMEN’S NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS ................................................................................................. 49 5.2.1 Relationship between Women and Traffic ................................................................ 49 5.2.2 Women’s Attitudes to and Needs for the Subproject ........................................ 50 5.3 IMPACTS OF THE SUBPROJECT ON WOMEN ............................................................................................. 53 5.3.1 Positive Impacts ............................................................................................................ 53 I 5.3.2 Potential Risks .............................................................................................................. 54 5.4 WOMEN’S ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................................. 55 6 SOCIAL IMPACT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................... 58 6.1 POSITIVE IMPACTS .......................................................................................................................... 58 6.2 POTENTIAL RISKS............................................................................................................................ 59 7 SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION ............................................... 62 7.1 SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................ 62 7.2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN ........................................................................................................... 65 8 GRIEVANCE REDRESS AND M&E .................................................................................... 67 8.1 GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................ 67 8.2 M&E .............................................................................................................................................. 67 APPENDIX 1 MINUTES OF FGD WITH LIANGZHOU DISTRICT TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION BUREAU ....................................................................................................... 68 APPENDIX 2 MINUTES OF FGD WITH WOMEN IN GULANG COUNTY .............................. 69 APPENDIX 3 FIELDWORK PHOTOS ......................................................................................... 70 II List of Tables Table 1-1 Affected Townships and Villages, and Population Distribution .................................. 2 Table 1-2 Basic Information of Valid Samples ........................................................................... 3 Table 2-1 Socioeconomic Profile of the Subproject Area in 2011 .............................................. 7 Table 3-1 Ethnic Minorities in Affected Townships and Villages .............................................. 17 Table 3-2 Distribution of Samples of Questionnaire Survey .................................................... 22 Table 3-3 Public Participation