E2007 V2 Xining Flood and Watershed Management Project Public Disclosure Authorized P101829 Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized West Development Research Center, Central University for Nationalities 2008.8.5 Beijing Public Disclosure Authorized Contents I RESEARCH TASK, METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS ....................................................................1 I-I TASK AND TASK BASED POINT ...............................................................................................................1 I-II ASSESSMENT QUANTIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY ...........................................................................2 I-III SOCIAL ASSESSMENT RESEARCH PROCESS...........................................................................................3 I-IV PRELIMINARY CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................11 I-V ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMMITMENT ....................................................................................................12 II PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................................................................14 II-I PROJECT AND PROJECT AREA ..............................................................................................................14 II-II REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SITUATION ..........................................................16 II-II-I Natural Geographical Environment and Ecology.......................................................................16 II-II-II Climate.......................................................................................................................................17 II-II-III Human Geography....................................................................................................................18 II-II-IV Economic and Social Development Status Quo ........................................................................20 II-III SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SITUATION .................................................................22 II-III-I Urgent Need to Improve Water Environment ...........................................................................22 II-III-II Frail Natural Ecology...............................................................................................................23 II-III-III Prominent Contradictory Between Economic Development and Environmental Protection ..24 II-III-IV The Necessity to Carry out This Project Construction ............................................................24 II-IV CONCLUTION ....................................................................................................................................25 III REVIEW OF RELEVANT POLICIES................................................................................................26 III-I THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT POLICY SPIRIT ......................................................................................26 III-II THE CURRENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN CHINA ..........................................................................27 III-II-I Ethnic and Religious Laws.........................................................................................................27 III-II-II General Laws and Regulations.................................................................................................28 III-II-III Resettlement Policies and Measures of Immigration ..............................................................29 III-III WORLD BANK POLICY ....................................................................................................................32 VI STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS...............................................................................................................33 IV-I IDENTIFICATION THE STAKEHOLDER OF THE PROJECT........................................................................33 IV-II STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................33 IV-II-I Owner.........................................................................................................................................33 IV-II-II People’s Government of Qinghai Province ...............................................................................34 IV-III-III Xining City and Three Counties People’s Government Subordinate by It..............................34 IV-II-IV World Bank...............................................................................................................................35 IV-II-V Designer and Builder ................................................................................................................35 IV-II-VI Project Area Residents .............................................................................................................36 IV-II-VII Other Underprivileged Groups in the Project Area................................................................36 IV-II-VIII Analysis on the Relationship Between Stakeholders in the Project Area...............................37 V LAND SYSTEM AND MODE OF LIVING..........................................................................................41 V-I LAND SYSTEM CHANGE.......................................................................................................................41 V-II LAND LAWS AND REGULATIONS .........................................................................................................41 V-III NATUR E RESOURCES, LIVELIHOODS AND LAND USE STRUCTURE....................................................43 V-IV T HE IMPACT AND POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PROJECTS ON THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND LAND SYSTEM......................................................................................................................................................45 VI ETHNIC MINORITIES ........................................................................................................................49 VI-I THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PROJECT AND ETHNIC MINORITY .........................................................49 VI-I-I The Overview of Ethnic Minorities in the project areas..............................................................49 VI-I-II The Connection Between Project and Ethnic Minority ..............................................................50 VI-II HISTORY, CULTURE AND LIVELIHOOD OF ETHNIC MINORITIES ........................................................51 VI-II-I Tibetan........................................................................................................................................51 VI-II-II Hui people.................................................................................................................................55 VI-III ETHNIC RELATIONS IN PROJECT AREA ............................................................................................57 VI-IV THE MAIN ATTENTION POINT OF THE ETHNIC MINORITY RESIDENTS TO THE PROJECT ..................58 VII POVERTY AND GENDER .................................................................................................................62 VII-I POVERTY SITUATION IN THE PROJECT AREA.....................................................................................62 VII-I-I Overview ....................................................................................................................................62 VII-I-II Causes of Poverty Analysis.......................................................................................................62 VII-I-III The impact on the poor of the project......................................................................................63 VII-II WOMEN ...........................................................................................................................................64 VII-II-I Women’s Quality and the Traditional Labor Division...............................................................64 VII-II-II The Association Between Project and Women .........................................................................64 VIII INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING....................................................................................66 VIII-I INSTITUTION STATUS .......................................................................................................................66 VIII-II INSTITUTE IMPROVEMENT..............................................................................................................66 VIII-III CAPACITY BUILDING.....................................................................................................................67 VIII-III-I Enhance Learning ..................................................................................................................67 VIII-III-II Experience.............................................................................................................................68 IX PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ..................................................................................................................70 IX-I INFORMATION PUBLICITY...................................................................................................................70 IX-II PROJECT DEMAND AND ATTITUDE ....................................................................................................70