SOUTH EAST ASIA DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT (SEA DRM) PROJECT FOR LAO PDR Project ID No: P170945 Component 1: Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management In Muang Xay, Oudomxay (ODX) Province Final Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan 1 (ARAP1) Volume 1 Main Report Prepared by: DEPARTMENT OF WATERWAYS MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORT VIENTIANE, LAO PDR November, 2020 Lao PDR South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Component 1: Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management in Muang Xay, Oudomxay (ODX) Province Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms .......................................................................................................... i Definitions and Terms ................................................................................................................... iv Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 1 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Purpose of this document ........................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Information .................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Project Proponent ....................................................................................................................... 3 1.4 Project Objectives and Outcomes ............................................................................................... 3 2 Description of Component 1 .................................................................................................. 4 2.1 Project Location ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Sub-project Design and Area of Influence ................................................................................. 6 3 Potential Impacts Identified ................................................................................................... 9 3.1 General Impacts ......................................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Land and Displacement Impacts .............................................................................................. 10 3.3 Inventory of Loss ..................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 Affected Communal Infrastructures ......................................................................................... 13 3.5 Gender Considerations ............................................................................................................. 14 4 Socio-economic Census Data of Affected Village and Households ................................... 14 4.1 Population and Households in the Affected Village ................................................................. 14 4.2 Ethnic Groups .......................................................................................................................... 15 4.3 Religions .................................................................................................................................. 16 4.4 Infrastructures and Facilities .................................................................................................... 16 4.5 School Facility and Health Centers .......................................................................................... 19 4.6 Education ................................................................................................................................. 19 4.7 Disease and Treatment Practices .............................................................................................. 20 4.8 Employments and Incomes ...................................................................................................... 20 4.9 Labour Migration ..................................................................................................................... 20 4.10 Land Use .................................................................................................................................. 20 4.11 Cultural and Historical Infrastructure ....................................................................................... 21 4.12 UXO Risk ................................................................................................................................ 21 4.13 Poverty Groups ........................................................................................................................ 22 4.14 Vulnerability Groups (VG) ...................................................................................................... 22 5 Legal Framework ................................................................................................................. 22 5.1 Objectives of Compensation Policy ......................................................................................... 22 5.2 Policy, Legal, and Institutional Settings for Compensation ...................................................... 23 5.2.1 National Legal and Regulatory Framework ...................................................................................... 23 5.2.2 World Bank Policy on Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) ........................................................ 25 5.2.3 Key Differences in Lao PDR Law and World Bank Policies on Involuntary Resettlement ............... 26 6 Institutional Framework ...................................................................................................... 31 7 Resettlement Strategy and Eligibility ................................................................................... 33 7.1 Key Principles .......................................................................................................................... 33 7.1.1 Cash Compensation Approach ......................................................................................................... 34 7.1.2 House and Asset Relocation ............................................................................................................. 34 7.1.3 Additional Livelihood Restoration Measures.................................................................................... 35 7.1.4 Compensation Principles .................................................................................................................. 35 7.2 Compensation Categories ......................................................................................................... 36 7.2.1 Permanent Loss................................................................................................................................ 36 7.2.2 Temporary Loss ............................................................................................................................... 36 7.2.3 Temporary Disturbance .................................................................................................................... 37 7.3 Eligibility Policy ...................................................................................................................... 37 7.3.1 Categories of Displaced Persons ...................................................................................................... 37 7.3.2 Displaced Persons Eligibility Criteria ............................................................................................... 38 7.3.3 Eligibility Cut-Off Date ................................................................................................................... 39 Lot 1 Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan, November 2020 Page i/86 Lao PDR South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project Component 1: Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management in Muang Xay, Oudomxay (ODX) Province 7.4 Entitlements ............................................................................................................................. 40 7.4.1 Rates for Compensation ................................................................................................................... 41 7.4.2 Compensation Matrix ....................................................................................................................... 42 7.5 Resettlement Measures............................................................................................................. 45 7.6 Site Selection, Site Preparation, and Relocation....................................................................... 46 7.7 Housing, Infrastructure, and Social Services ............................................................................ 47 7.8 Livelihood Restoration Measures ............................................................................................. 47 8 Organization and Implementation Structure ...................................................................... 48 8.1 Government Agencies .............................................................................................................. 48 8.2 Provincial Resettlement Committee (PRC) .............................................................................. 49 8.3 District Resettlement Committee ............................................................................................. 50 8.4 Measures for Organizational Capacity Building .....................................................................