Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 46063-002 December 2018 PRC: Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Project (EMDP Monitoring Report) Prepared by: Xinjiang Agricultural University This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. ADB-financed Project of Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Project External Monitoring & Evaluation Report on Ethnic Minority Development Plan (Year of 2018) Xinjiang Agricultural University December 2018 Xinjiang Tacheng Border Cities and Counties Development Project External Monitoring & Evaluation Report on Ethnic Minority Development Plan (Year of 2018) Project Leader: ZHU Meiling Component leader: WANG Jiao Compiled by: WANG Jiao Data collected & analyzed by: ZHU Meiling, WANG Jiao, MA Yongren, HUANG Shenya, CHEN Li Translated by: CHENG Luming Reviewed by: ZHU Meiling Table of Contents CHAPTER I OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ...................................................... 1 SECTION 1 PROJECT CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS ......................................................... 1 SECTION 2 OBJECTIVES AND BASIS OF PROJECT MONITORING .................................... 2 SECTION 3 MONITORING CONTENT AND OBJECTS ........................................................ 2 SECTION 4 MONITORING METHODS AND WORKFLOWS ............................................... 4 SECTION 5 SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION & SIZE OF EMDP MONITORING ........................... 4 CHAPTER II EVALUATION ON EMDP MANAGEMENT AGENCY IN TACHENG PROJECT AREA .................................................................................... 6 SECTION 1 INSTITUTIONAL SETUP AND RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................... 6 SECTION 2 MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ............................ 8 SECTION 3 EVALUATION ON EMDP INTERNAL MONITORING WORK ............................ 9 CHAPTER III EMDP MONITORING & EVALUATION IN TACHENG CITY SUBPROJECT AREA ............................................................................................... 10 SECTION 1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TACHENG CITY ..................................................................................................... 10 SECTION 2 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE EM HHS BY SEX IN TACHENG CITY .......................................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 3 EMDP MANAGEMENT AGENCY EVALUATION IN TACHENG CITY ............ 16 SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT IMPACT ON EM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES IN TACHENG CITY .................................................................................... 19 SECTION 5 MONITORING CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TACHENG CITY PROJECT .................................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER IV EMDP MONITORING & EVALUATION IN EMIN COUNTY SUBPROJECT AREA ............................................................................................... 29 SECTION 1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS IN EMIN COUNTY .......................................................................................................... 29 SECTION 2 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE EM HHS BY SEX IN EMIN COUNTY .................................................................................................................... 33 SECTION 3 EMDP MANAGEMENT AGENCY EVALUATION IN EMIN COUNTY ............. 35 SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON EM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES IN EMIN COUNTY ............................................ 38 SECTION 5 MONITORING CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN EMIN COUNTY 51 CHAPTER V EMDP MONITORING & EVALUATION IN YUMIN COUNTY SUBPROJECT AREA ............................................................................................... 53 I SECTION 1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF YUMIN COUNTY ................................................................................................... 53 SECTION 2 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE EM HHS BY SEX IN YUMIN COUNTY .................................................................................................................... 58 SECTION 3 EMDP MANAGEMENT AGENCY EVALUATION IN YUMIN COUNTY ........... 59 SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON EM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES IN YUMIN COUNTY .......................................... 64 SECTION 5 MONITORING CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN YUMIN COUNTY .................................................................................................................................. 75 CHAPTER VI EMDP MONITORING & EVALUATION IN TUOLI COUNTY SUBPROJECT AREA ............................................................................................... 77 SECTION 1 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF TUOLI COUNTY .................................................................................................... 77 SECTION 2 MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE EM HHS BY SEX IN TUOLI COUNTY .................................................................................................................... 82 SECTION 3 EMDP MANAGEMENT AGENCY EVALUATION IN TUOLI COUNTY ............ 83 SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT ON EM AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEASURES IN TUOLI COUNTY ........................................... 86 SECTION 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION FOR EMDP IMPLEMENTATION IN TUOLI COUNTY ......................................................................................................... 96 II Table Directory Table 1-1 Implementation of Tacheng Project in sub-project areas in 2018 ................ 1 Table 1-2 Qty. of EMDP Sample HHs of Tacheng Project ........................................... 5 Table 2-1 Members of the project leading group of Tacheng Prefecture in 2018 ........ 6 Table 2-2 Staff of the project leading group of Tacheng Prefecture in 2018 ................ 7 Table 2-3 List of Main Responsibilities of Relevant IAs ............................................. 8 Table 2-4 Tacheng Prefectural Project Staff Participating in Training in 2018 ............ 9 Table 2-5 Managerial work of Tacheng Prefectural administrative staff in 2018 ........ 9 Table 3-1 EM population and ethnic characteristics in Tacheng City 2017 ............... 10 Table 3-2 Educational institutions in Tacheng City 2017 ........................................... 11 Table 3-3 Medical conditions in Tacheng City 2017 .................................................. 11 Table 3-4 Population in Kaladun Village of Tacheng City 2017 ................................ 12 Table 3-5 EM agricultural workers in Kaladun Village 2017 ..................................... 12 Table 3-6 Population and labor force of Sample HHs in Tacheng City ...................... 13 Table 3-7 Education of Sample HHs in Tacheng City ................................................ 13 Table 3-8 Income and expenditure of Sample HHs in Tacheng City.......................... 14 Table 3-9 Household durable goods owned by Sample HHs in Tacheng City ........... 14 Table 3-10 Sex ratio of EM Sample HHs in Tacheng City ......................................... 15 Table 3-11 Sex of Sample HHs population by occupation in Tacheng City ............... 15 Table 3-12 Sex difference of affected EM people by education in Tacheng City ...... 15 Table 3-13 Sex difference of affected EM HHs by income in Tacheng City ............. 16 Table 3-14 Members of ADB-funded Project Leading Group in Tacheng City 2018 16 Table 3-15 Project Command Staff Composition in Tacheng City in 2018 ............... 17 Table 3-16 Main Responsibilities of IAs in Tacheng City .......................................... 18 Table 3-17 Tacheng City PMO staff participating in training in 2018 ....................... 19 Table 3-18 Implementation of EMDP measures in Tacheng City .............................. 20 Table 3-19 Construction Contractor absorbs local labor force and women to participate in project construction in Tacheng City 2018 ................................... 25 Table 3-20 Monitoring indicators for mitigative measures and enefit enhancement measures in Tacheng City 2018 .......................................................................... 27 Table 4-1 EM population number and ethnic characteristics in Emin County 2017 .. 29 Table 4-2 Educational institution in Emin County 2017 ............................................ 29 Table 4-3 Medical conditions in Emin County 2017 .................................................. 30 Table 4-4 Population and land resources in the project villages of Emin Coutny 2017 ............................................................................................................................ 30 Table 4-5 Social and economic development of the project villages in Emin County 2017 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