IPP220 v.2 39640 Public Disclosure Authorized World Bank Financed Guiyang Transportation Project Social Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Chinese Cross-Culture Consulting Center (CCCCC), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P. R. China Februray 2007 Public Disclosure Authorized 1 Foreword From Feb. to Jun. 2006, the China Cross-Cultural Consulting Center (CCCCC) at the Sun Yat-sen University was consigned by Guiyang Transportation Project Management Office of World Bank Loan to conduct an independent social assessment on Guiyang Transportation Project. The social assessment was separated into 2 steps. At the first step, the SA team focused on the rural traffic project and did the investigation in the 23 villages along 18 rural roads of project. Guangzhong, Yantang and Pantong Villages in Kaiyang County; Qinshan, Zifang, Hekan and Zhuhua Villages in Xifeng County; Hongxing, Wugongqiao, Damu, Sanzhai and Dazhai Villages in Xiuwen County; Chetian, Xinmin, Luguan Village in Huaxi District; Dagu, Qinshan and Panzhai Villages in Qinzhen City; Wanggang and Pianpo village in Wudang District; Jinjia and Heishitou Village in Baiyun District totally 23 villages were selected as the investigated villages for the social assessment on the rural project, 16 of which are the key investigated villages. At the second step, the SA team went to 10 communities/villages affected by the urban road in Xiaobi Xiang of Huaxi District, Yunguan Xiang of Naming District, Longdongbao Street Office and Youza Street Office; and did the investigation in Mutou villages of Yunguan Xiang; Youza Village, Youza Community, Dongbao Community, Yugaoqiao Community of Youza Street office; Shuilonglu Community, Jichanglu Community, Jianlong Coummunity and Dadongpo Community of Londongbao Street Office in Nanming District. The siting for this social assessment has fully taken into account: a) the areas along or closed to project roads; b) the areas with inconvenient traffic; c) ethnic minorities compact or mixed villages or communities; d) economic underdevelopment region. 2 The objects of this SA are: a). to learn the basic ecological, social, economic, cultural and nationality situation in the affected areas, to demonstrate the feasibility of this project on the cultural and social levels; b). to learn the expectations and attitudes of the directly and indirectly stakeholders to ensure this project is accepted by them; c). to learn the rural poverty in the affected areas, to assess the project’s anti-poverty function for the rural areas; d).to learn the social, economic and cultural background of the minorities in the affected areas, to assess the project’s impacts on the local minorities’ development, to determine whether it is necessary to make a special development plan for the minorities in the affected areas; e). to assess the project’s social impacts, so as to ensure the potential social problems can be fully understood and valued, and to propose specific measures to avoid and abate such negative impacts. The social assessment team composed of 11 experts gave the PRA training to county/district/city officials and professionals involved in the SA from Feb 19 to 20, and went to the 22 investigated villages in the 6 counties/districts on Feb 21 for a 16- day PRA investigation. From May 30 to June 15, SA team conducted the key investigation on the ethnic minorities’ compact villages again and urban road affected communities. Though these 2 investigations, SA team have collected the following data: a). Present natural, geographic, traffic, ecological environment and social/economic development situations of the project affected region; b). detail materials on the investigated villages/communities’ land resource, demographic, livelihood, family economy, traffic situation, religion and so on. c). the information on education, medical treatment and health service in the affected region; d) the gender, ethnic minorities issues in project affected region. The SA team conducted semi-structured questionnaire survey on 814 families from 16 villages in rural roads affected region, and 301 families from 10 villages/communities along the urban road. The main issues of questionnaires covered personal information of family members, economic income and expenditures, production structure, means 3 of communications, migrant labors, medical treatment, education, opinions on Guiyang Transportation Project, attitudes to and expectations for land acquisition, relocation and ressetlement led by the Project. And SA team also did the intensive interviews with 76 families/individuals. From Mar. 11 to 30, we classified and reviewed the above data and analysis the questionnaires by the SPSS software. Each team prepared its own sub-report and then held a discussion meeting, based on which the first report of social assessment was completed. From June 20 to Oct. 10, the SA team revised the SA report according to the suggestions from World Bank and the complementary investigating data. This social assessment was conducted successfully thanks to the support from the officials at the Guiyang World Bank Project Management Office, including Mr. He Jun, Mr. Peng Kejiang, Ms. Li Wanzhu and Mr. Deng Huajun; the county/district traffic authorities in the project affected region, which are Kaiyang County, Xifeng County, Xiuwen County, Qinzhen City, Huaxi District, Wudang District, Nanming District and Baiyun District; the local cadres and people in the investigated villages/communities. During the SA preparing and conducting stage, Ms. Zou YoulanMr. Liu Zhefu and Mr. Zengjun from the World Bank gave us valuable suggestions and instructions. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to them here. 4 Abstract 1. From Feb. to Mar. 2006, the China Cross-Cultural Center Consulting (CCCCC) at the Sun Yat-sen University was consigned by Guiyang World Bank financial Traffic Project management office to conduct an independent social assessment on Guiyang Traffic Project. This SA aimed a). to learn the basic ecological, social, economic, cultural and ethinc situation in the affected areas, to demonstrate the feasibility of this project on the cultural and social levels; b). to learn the project stakeholders’ expectations and attitudes to ensure this project is accepted by them; c). To learn the rural poverty in the affected areas, to assess the project’s anti- poverty function for the rural areas; d).to learn the social, economic and cultural background of the minorities in the affected areas, to assess the project’s impacts on the local minorities’ development, to determine whether it is necessary to make a special development plan for the minorities in the affected areas; e). to assess the project’s social impacts, so as to ensure the potential social problems can be fully understood and valued, and to propose specific measures to avoid and abate such negative impacts. 2. Diversified landforms exist in the affected areas, mainly in hills and mountain lands. The economy of the affected areas is beyond the average of Guiyang Province, and only Xifeng County is the key State Poverty Reduction County. 3. The overall economic development of the villages and ethnic minorities’ compact region in the project affected area is low; the economic structure is mainly composed of agriculture including the cultivation and breeding. And industry and township businesses are shortage. Migrant work is prevalent and has become a key source of the household income. 4. Most residents in the communities affected by the urban road are workers, and the population of speasants and enterprise employees takes the second place. 5 Compared to the villages affected by the project, the family economy in the city is better. 5. The most rural roads in project affected region are muddy or sand road, and the reality of “a road in the sunny, but no road in the rainy” is common. And local people cry for changing the bad traffic around their villages. They have expressed a huge enthusiasm for participating in the road building, even though most of them didn’t know the WB’s project. 6. The commercial proportion of farm products in rural road project affected area is low, mainly because of the bad local traffic. 7. The ethnic minorities in the project affected areas are the Miao and Bouyei people. Miao people still keep the intact indigenous culture, and are with the lowest economic development compared to the Han and Bouyei people in the project affected area. And Bouyei people’s culture has been similar to Han people, but they still have a specific sense of identification. 8. There are no popular strong religions in the affected region. Actually the people here have a weak belief in religion. 9. There are some revolutionary relics in project affected region, and a few natural and cultural tourist resources. 10. The direct beneficiaries of the project are the ethnic minorities’ villagers and Han ordinary villagers along the project roads, especially the specialized transporters, the villagers working on food and cash crops and animal husbandry. The local children and women are the indirect beneficiaries. 11. Based on our investigation and analysis, the SA team thinks that the Guiyang Transportation Project is help to improve the rural and urban traffic condition in Guiyang; accelerate local economic development and poverty reduction; advance the minorities’ development and keep the good ethinc relations; increase local people’s income and relief the employment difficulty of rural surplus labor. 12.