SFG2427 Public Disclosure Authorized World Bank-financed Jiangxi Poyang Lake Basin Town Water Environment Management Project Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Hohai University Jiangxi PMO Public Disclosure Authorized July 2016 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to the Project ..................................................................................... 1 1.1 Overview of the Project ................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Components .................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Development targets and intermediate outputs ............................................................ 4 1.4 SA tasks ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.5 SA methods ................................................................................................................... 8 1.6 Scope and key points ..................................................................................................10 Chapter 2 Background of the Project ...................................................................................13 2.1 Ecological and environmental issues of the project counties .....................................13 2.2 Environmental overview of the project counties .........................................................16 2.2.1 Existing environmental infrastructure ...............................................................16 2.2.2 Environmental behavior of local residents........................................................18 2.3 Necessity of the Project ..............................................................................................21 Chapter 3 Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area ........................................................22 3.1 Definition of the project area .......................................................................................22 3.2 Directly affected area ..................................................................................................22 3.3 Indirectly affected area ................................................................................................22 3.3.1 Jiangxi Province ...............................................................................................22 3.3.2 Poyang Lake Ecological Economic Zone .........................................................23 3.3.3 Profile of project counties .................................................................................25 Chapter 4 Analysis of Social Impacts...................................................................................28 4.1 Impacts of the wastewater management component .................................................28 4.1.1 Necessity analysis ............................................................................................28 4.1.2 Impact on urban areas .....................................................................................28 4.1.3 Impact on rural areas .......................................................................................31 4.1.4 Measures and suggestions ..............................................................................33 4.2 Impacts of the MSW disposal component ..................................................................34 4.2.1 Necessity analysis ............................................................................................34 4.2.2 Impact on urban areas .....................................................................................35 4.2.3 Impact on rural areas .......................................................................................37 4.2.4 Measures and suggestions ..............................................................................39 4.3 Impacts of the lake management component .............................................................40 4.3.1 Necessity analysis ............................................................................................40 4.3.2 Impact on urban areas .....................................................................................40 4.3.3 Impact on rural areas .......................................................................................41 4.3.4 Measures and suggestions ..............................................................................42 Chapter 5 Stakeholder Analysis ............................................................................................44 5.1 Project area and beneficiary population .....................................................................44 5.1.1 Overview of stakeholders .................................................................................44 5.1.2 Stakeholders of components ............................................................................44 5.2 Stakeholder identification ............................................................................................45 5.2.1 Definition ...........................................................................................................45 5.2.2 Primary stakeholders ........................................................................................46 5.2.3 Secondary stakeholders ...................................................................................47 5.3 Stakeholder analysis ...................................................................................................47 I 5.3.1 Stakeholder survey ...........................................................................................47 5.3.2 Demand analysis of stakeholders ....................................................................50 5.3.3 Impacts of the Project on stakeholders ............................................................60 5.3.4 Impacts of stakeholders on the Project ............................................................65 Chapter 6 Development Analysis of Vulnerable Groups ....................................................68 6.1 Women ........................................................................................................................68 6.1.1 Overview of local women .................................................................................68 6.1.2 Local women’s development strategies ...........................................................70 6.1.3 Relationship between local women and the environment ................................70 6.1.4 Social gender action plan .................................................................................71 6.2 Children .......................................................................................................................72 6.2.1 Local children’s development strategies ..........................................................72 6.2.1 Children’s participation plan .............................................................................73 6.3 Poor population analysis .............................................................................................73 6.3.1 Overview of poverty in Jiangxi Province ..........................................................73 6.3.2 Overview of poverty in the project counties .....................................................74 6.3.3 Poverty reduction strategy and measures ........................................................74 6.4 Ethnic Minorities ..........................................................................................................76 Chapter 7 Willingness and Ability to Pay .............................................................................77 7.1 Willingness to pay .......................................................................................................77 7.1.1 Willingness to pay by component .....................................................................78 7.1.2 Household income vs. willingness to pay .........................................................79 7.1.3 Educational level vs. willingness to pay ...........................................................79 7.1.4 Occupation vs. willingness to pay ....................................................................80 7.1.5 Age vs. willingness to pay ................................................................................81 7.1.6 Government support vs. willingness to pay ......................................................82 7.2 Impacts of willingness to pay on the Project ...............................................................83 7.3 Ability to pay ................................................................................................................84 7.3.1 Estimation of ability to pay ................................................................................84 7.3.1 Judgment of ability to pay .................................................................................86 Chapter 8 Project Risk Analysis and Monitoring ................................................................87 8.1 Social adaptation risks of the Project ..........................................................................87 8.1.1 Analysis framework of social adaptation risks ..................................................87 8.1.1 Sources of potential social adaptation risks .....................................................87 8.2 Investment and project sustainability risks .................................................................90