Social Monitoring Report 4th Annual Report Project Number: 46040-003 March 2020 PRC: Yunnan Pu’er Regional Integrated Road Network Development Project Prepared by Science and Technology Consulting and Development Center of Yunnan University for the Yunnan Pu’er Municipal Government and the Asian Development Bank This social monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Director, 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 Loan Yunnan Pu’er Regional Integrated Road Network Development Project (RRP PRC 46040) Monitoring and Performance Evaluation Report for Ethnic Minority Development Plan and Gender Action Plan Science and Technology Consulting and Development Center of Yunnan University March 2020 Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW .................................................................................. 1 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF PROJECT DESIGN .............................................................. 10 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND MONITORING .................... 20 1.4 METHODS OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION ............................................ 21 1.5 DESIGNING MONITORING FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 22 1.6 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION .............................................................. 40 1.7 SURVEY SAMPLE SELECTION .................................................................... 40 1.8 MONITORING PROCESS ............................................................................ 41 2. Project Impact ............................................................................................ 51 2.1 SOCIOECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE PROJECT AREA .................................... 51 2.2 FOREIGN AND PORT TRADE ...................................................................... 74 2.3 OTHER IMPACTS ..................................................................................... 80 3. Result of the Project .................................................................................... 93 3.1 REGIONAL TRANSPORT ............................................................................ 93 3.2 TRANSPORT UTILIZATION OF FARMERS IN PU’ER CITY ............................... 104 3.3 BORDER TRANSPORT ............................................................................. 118 3.4 TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE PROJECT AREA ................................................... 120 4. Project Output .......................................................................................... 124 4.1 REGIONAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT ............................................................ 124 4.1.1 ROAD CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................ 124 4.2 RURAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT ................................................................. 132 4.3 CONSTRUCTION OF MENG’A MATERIAL TRANSIT CENTER .......................... 135 4.4 EMPLOYMENT IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION .................................................. 135 4.5 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 136 5. Implementation of Project Activities .......................................................... 145 5.1 IMPLEMENTATION OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT ................... 145 5.2 EVALUATION, DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT OF ROAD SAFETY ........................ 163 5.3 BIDDING AND PROCUREMENT ................................................................. 165 5.4 MONITORING ON ETHNIC MINORITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ......................... 166 5.5 MONITORING ON PROJECT ENVIRONMENT ................................................ 185 6. Monitoring Result ..................................................................................... 203 6.1 MONITORING ON PROJECT IMPACT, RESULT AND OUTPUT ........................... 203 6.2 DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATION .......................................................... 213 6.3 PROJECT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................. 214 7. Problems and Suggestions ......................................................................... 218 7.1 PROJECT ACTIVITIES LAGGING BEHIND ................................................... 218 7.2 INCREASE OF ADVERSE IMPACT, AND UNSATISFACTORY OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES ............................................................................................... 219 Appendices ................................................................................................... 222 TABLE 1 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ................................................................ 222 TABLE 2 NUMBER OF NON-TECHNICAL WORKERS .......................................... 222 TABLE 3 SALARY STANDARD OF WORKERS OF NJ ROAD ................................. 224 TABLE 4 SALARY STANDARD OF WORKERS OF MM ROAD ............................... 225 TABLE 5 LOCALLY PURCHASED PRODUCTION MATERIAL AND RENT COST ......... 226 TABLE 6 TRAINING RECORDS PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTORS ...................... 228 TABLE 7 OTHER DATA PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTORS ................................ 229 BRIEFING ON 2019 REGIONAL ROAD SURVEY ................................................ 231 1. Introduction 1.1 Project Overview Yunnan Pu’er Regional Integrated Road Network Development Project is implemented with Asian Development Bank (hereinafter referred to as ADB) loan, whose executing agency (hereinafter referred to as EA) is Pu’er Municipal Government (hereinafter referred to as PMG) and implementing agency (hereinafter referred to as IA) is Pu’er Municipal Transport Bureau (hereinafter referred to as PMTB). Table 1-1 Basic Information of the Project NO. Project Basic Information 1 Country PRC 2 Loan No. LOAN 3217-PRC 3 Project Title Pu’er Regional Integrated Road Network Development Project 4 Start of the Loan October 20, 2015 5 End of the Loan June 30, 2021 6 Borrower Ministry of Finance, PRC 7 EA PMG 8 IA PMTB 9 Sum USD 200 million Approval and ADB approved the $200 million loan on December 8, 2014. 10 Execution The loan agreement was signed on June 25, 2015 The Latest 11 November 25-30, 2019 Inspection by ADB The project consists of three sub-projects: Output 1: Regional roads development. This output comprises: (I) upgrading and new construction for a total of 228.078 km of Class III highway between Ning’er- Jiangcheng-Longfu (hereinafter referred to as “NJ Road”); (II) upgrading and new 1 construction for the 44.739 km Menglian to Meng’a section of the existing Lancang- Menglian-Meng’a Class III/IV border road to a predominantly Class II road (hereinafter referred to as “MM Road”); (III) the development of trade facilities at the MTC; and (IV) improving the safety of the roads by introducing safety measures determined by the China RAP road safety design decision making tool. Output 2: Rural access improvements (hereinafter referred to as “Rural Roads”). This output comprises: (I) the upgrading of 30 village earthen or gravel roads with a length of 537 km to concrete Class IV standard; (II) the hardening of 1,500 km village roads; (III) introduction of five new village bus service routes on a pilot basis, and (IV) a gender focused rural road maintenance program. The primary objective of the roads is to provide all weather access to administrative villages or to link with higher level roads. Output 3: Institutional development. This output will address the limited implementation capacity of PMG. A project management consultant will be recruited to assist the PMG to implement and monitor the project in accordance with ADB procedures. The project will finance a 3-year training program ($400,000 for 40 person- months) for international and domestic training in financial and project management, road maintenance engineering, road maintenance practices, road safety, environmental management, social safeguards management, and wildlife trafficking and human and drugs trafficking enforcement. The project affected area1 covers the nine counties of Pu’er city but not Simao district. The nine counties are Ning’er Autonomous County of Hani and Yi People, Mojiang Autonomous County of Hani People, Jingdong Autonomous County of Yi People, Jinggu Autonomous County of Dai and Yi People, Zhengyuan Autonomous County of Hani and Lahu People, Jiangcheng Autonomous County of Hani and Yi People, Menglian Autonomous County of Dai, Lahu and Wa People, Lancang 1 Including land acquisition, house demolition and rural road construction. 2 Autonomous County of Lahu People, and Ximeng Autonomous County of Wa People. Details of the affected area are shown from Table 1.1-2 to Table 1.1-4. 3 Table 1.1-2 Land Acquisition and House Demolition of NJ Road2 Affected Resettlement House Demolition Township/ Permanent Land Temporary Land Area of House County Administrative Town Occupation (ha) Occupation (ha) Demolition(m2) Villages Households Population Households Population Minzheng 63 241 3.56 1 4 250 Banhai 107 411 9.19 Manlian 181 717 13.17 8 33 2,000 Xinping 262 1070 16.07 3 13 750 Ning’er Taida 4 21 0.25 Ning’er Xishitou 115 467 6.21 Wenquan 140 566 42.24 Yuhe