Resettlement Plan World Bank Loaned Small Town Development Program of Public Disclosure Authorized Sichuan Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Sichuan Wisdom Management Consulting Co., Ltd. Public Disclosure Authorized June, 2010 Sichuan Wisdom Management Consulting 1 World Bank Loaned Small Town Co., Ltd. Development Program of Sichuan Resettlement Plan Contents Summary of Resettlement Plan ................................................................................................................................. 4 Section 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Construction Contents ........................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Preparation of resettlement plan .......................................................................................................... 19 1.4 Measures to minimize impact of construction ..................................................................................... 19 1.4.1 Project planning and designing stage ................................................................................................. 19 1.4.2 Engineering project implementation stage .......................................................................................... 20 Section 2 Project Impacts .................................................................................................................................... 20 2.1 Impact scope ........................................................................................................................................ 20 2.2 Organization and methods for investigating resettlement impacts ...................................................... 21 2.3 Major impact of resettlement ............................................................................................................... 21 2.3.1 Land ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 2.3.1.1 Permanent land acquisition ............................................................................................................. 21 2.3.1.2 Temporary land occupation ............................................................................................................ 22 2.3.2 Houses/structures ................................................................................................................................ 25 2.3.3 Infrastructure ....................................................................................................................................... 25 2.3.4 Affected population .............................................................................................................................. 32 2.3.5 Vulnerable groups affected .................................................................................................................. 35 Section 3 Socioeconomic Survey ........................................................................................................................ 36 3.1 Socioeconomic Overview of Project Located Towns .......................................................................... 36 3.2 Socioeconomic Conditions of Affected Villages ................................................................................. 38 3.3 Socioeconomic Characteristics of Affected Population ....................................................................... 40 3.4 Analysis on Impact of Land Acquisition ............................................................................................. 42 Section 4: Legal Framework ......................................................................................................................... 43 4.1 Resettlement target .............................................................................................................................. 43 4.2 Application of Policies, Laws and Principle of Guidance ................................................................... 43 4.2.1 World Bank policies on involuntary resettlement ................................................................................ 43 4.2.2 Legal framework .................................................................................................................................. 45 4.2.3 Relevant Legal Rules and Regulations ................................................................................................ 48 4.2.4 Differences between removal policy of the project and that of the World Bank and relevant countermeasures .............................................................................................................................................. 59 Section 5: Compensation Rates ..................................................................................................................... 60 5.1 Compensation for Land Acquisition .................................................................................................... 60 5.1.1 Compensation Standard for Permanently Acquisitioned Land............................................................ 60 5.1.2 Compensation standard for state-owned land and temporarily occupied land ................................... 63 5.2 Compensation for House Demolition .................................................................................................. 63 5.2.1 Compensation Standard for House Demolition ................................................................................... 63 5.2.2 Compensation standard for appurtenance and infrastructure ............................................................ 63 Section 6 Resettlement and Livelihood Development ......................................................................................... 70 6.1 General principles ................................................................................................................................ 70 6.2 Villager Livelihood Planning ............................................................................................................... 70 6.2.1 Compensations for the affected village collective ............................................................................... 70 6.2.2 Compensation for temporarily occupied land ..................................................................................... 71 6.2.3 Compensation for households affected by house demolition ............................................................... 71 6.2.4 Compensation for affected factories and enterprises .......................................................................... 71 6.2.5 Compensation for affected infrastructure ............................................................................................ 71 6.2.6 Recovery approaches for the affected villagers ................................................................................... 72 6.2.6.1 Payment and distribution of compensations for land ...................................................................... 72 6.2.6.2 Social insurance arrangement ......................................................................................................... 73 6.2.6.3 Employment training and promotion ............................................................................................... 79 6.2.7 Housing construction for people affected by house demolition ........................................................... 80 6.2.8 Recovery of affected shops and enterprises ......................................................................................... 83 6.2.9 Recovery of affected infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 85 6.2.10 Income recovery of vulnerable groups ............................................................................................ 85 Section 7 Arrangement of Resettlement Organization ........................................................................................ 87 7.1 Organization Framework ..................................................................................................................... 87 7.2 Capacity and training of resettlement organization ............................................................................. 87 Section 8 Negotiation, Complaint, and Participation ........................................................................................... 88 Sichuan Wisdom Management Consulting 2 World Bank Loaned Small Town Co., Ltd. Development Program of Sichuan Resettlement Plan 8.1 Negotiation .......................................................................................................................................... 88 8.2 Public involvement .............................................................................................................................. 88 8.3 Publicizing and disseminating resettlement plan ................................................................................. 89 8.3.1 Complaint ...........................................................................................................................................