Ethnic Minority Development Plan Project Number: 47046-002 June 2015 People’s Republic of China: Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services System Development Project Prepared by the Gansu Provincial Project Management Office for the Asian Development Bank CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 1 May 2015) Currency unit – Yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1613 $1.00 = CNY6.1992 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank EM – ethnic minority EMDP – Ethnic Minority Development Plan ESMS – environmental and social management system GPG – Gansu Provincial Government FI – financial intermediary PRC – People’s Republic of China SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement NOTE In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This ethnic minority development plan 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. 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. Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMDP) Prepared by Gansu PPMO May 2015 Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services System Development Project Draft final ｲ･ｰｯ Appendix 15: Ethnic Minority Development Plan Letter of Endorsement for public disclosure of the Ethnic Minority Deve/opment Plan (EMDP) TA8417-PRC: Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services System Development Project The Gansu Provincial Government (GPG) and the Ministry of Finance have applied for an Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to finance the Gansu Featured Agriculture and Financial Services System Development Project. The Project is planned to start in 2015, and finish in 2020. Accordingly, the ｐｲ ･｣ｴ will abide to the social safeguard requirements of ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) , and this ethnic minority development plan (EMDP). The EMDP lays out mitigation and enhancement measures, implementation, monitoring, and reporting requirements, and other relevant actions to be implemented by the Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry as described in the plan. The GPG endorses the content and activities described in the EMDP. The GPG confirms it will ensure that the Project implementing agencies will follow the requirements of the EMDP, and that all measures will be implemented according to requirements laid out in the EMDP. GPG has discussed the EMDP with relevant local governments and project management offices and obtained their consent. GPG has no objection to posting the EMDP on the ADB website according to ADB normal procedures. Duan Qibin Ｗ ｽＮＭＧ PPMO Director Director, Foreign Financed ｐｲ ･｣ｴ Management Office, Gansu Province Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department Gansu Provincial Government ｾ ｓＮ ｴＧＵｾ＠ Date: ｔａＸＴＱＷＭｐｒｃ Ｚ ＲＰＱＵ ＲＰＲＰ ＨＲＰＰＹＩ ｹｾ｜ Ｚ Ｑ ＠ 6. 3 CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 5 2. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1 National Level Laws and Policies ............................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Provincial Polices .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3 Linxia Prefectures Policies ........................................................................................................... 9 2.1.4 ADB’s Policy Requirements on Indigenous Peoples ............................................................... 9 3. SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ............................................................................................................ 15 3.1.1 Gansu Province ........................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Project Area ................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.3 Hezheng County and Jishishan Autonomous County ........................................................... 16 4. PROJECT IMPACT ON ETHNIC MINORITIES .............................................................................. 21 5. PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION ........................................................................................ 25 6. ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................................................. 29 7. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM .......................................................................................... 38 8. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................. 40 9. MONITORING AND EVALUATION .................................................................................................. 42 10. BUDGET AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT ............................................................................. 44 ANNEX 2 INTERVIEW RECORDS .......................................................................................................... 46 i List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Socio-economic household survey sample .............................................................................. 7 Table 2: Participants in Consultation Meetings ........................................................................................ 7 Table 3: Legal Framework ............................................................................................................................ 12 Table 4: Basic Socioeconomic Data of Project Counties (2012) ........................................................ 15 Table 5: Populations by Ethnic Group in Project area ......................................................................... 16 Table 6: Household Size ............................................................................................................................... 18 Table 7: Educational Level by Gender and Ethnic Group .................................................................... 18 Table 8: Household Income ......................................................................................................................... 18 Table 9: Household Expenditures .............................................................................................................. 19 Table 10: Division by Gender ...................................................................................................................... 19 Table 11: Consultation and Participation during EMDP Preparation ................................................ 26 Table 12：Action Plan for Ethnic Minority Development Plan ........................................................... 33 Figure 1: Distribution of Project Counties ................................................................................................ iv Figure 2: Household Questionnaire Survey ............................................................................................. iv Figure 3: Interviewing a Cooperative ......................................................................................................... iv Figure 4: Interviewing an Enterprise ........................................................................................................... v Figure 5: Village Level Focus Group Interview ........................................................................................ v Figure 6: Consultation Meeting with Jishishan County Government Agencies .............................. v Figure 7: Bao’an Embroidery ....................................................................................................................... vi Figure 8: Salar Embroidery ........................................................................................................................... vi Figure 9: Grievance Readiness Mechanism Chart ................................................................................ 39 ii ABBREVIATION ADB Asian Development Bank C&P Consolation and participation CPMOs County project management offices EMs Ethnic minorities EMDP Ethnic Minority Development Plan ESMS Environment and Social Management System FIL Financial intermediary loan FIs Financial intermediaries GDP Gross domestic product GPG Gansu provincial government HH Household IP Indigenous peoples LURT Land Use Rights Transfer PPMO Provincial Project management office PPTA Project Preparatory Technical Assistance PRC People’s Republic of China SGAP Social and Gender Action Plan SPS Safeguard Policy Statement UN United Nations IA Implementing agency PRA Participatory rapid appraisal M&E Monitoring and evaluation GRM Grievance readiness mechanism SIA Social impact assessment iii Figure 1: Distribution of Project Counties Figure 2: Household Questionnaire Survey Figure 3: Interviewing a Cooperative iv Figure 4: Interviewing an Enterprise Figure 5: Village Level Focus Group Interview Figure 6: Consultation