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Foreword
Abbreviations
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. The Resettlement Plan in the Project Cycle
2.1 Deciding on the Type of Resettlement Plan
2.2 Requirements for Resettlement Plans
2.3 Full Resettlement Plan: Recommended Outline
2.4 Short Resettlement Plan: Recommended Outline
>> 2.5 Land Acquisition and Resettlement in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points
2.6 Land Acquisition and Resettlement in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points for Sector Loans/Subprojects
3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts
4. Consultation and Participation
5. Socioeconomic Information
6. Relocation
7. Income Restoration
8. Institutional Framework
9. Monitoring and Evaluation
Selected Reading List
Appendix 1: The Bank's Policy on Involuntary Resettlement
Appendix 2: Sample Terms of Reference for Full Resettlement Plan
Appendix 3: Resettlement Policies in Selected DMCs
Appendix 4: Resettlement Monitoring: Sample Formats for Monthly Progress Reports
Handbook on Resettlement: A Guide to Good Practice : 2. The Resettlement Plan in the Project Cycle

2.5. Land Acquisition and Resettlement in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points


Stage in Project Cycle Responsibility Key Action Points
Initial Social Assessment
PPTA Fact-Finding or earlier
Mission Leader (Consultant)
  • Review land acquisition laws and compensation policies to assess whether they meet Bank requirements
  • Inform government and other project sponsors of Bank Policy.
  • Identify areas for policy improvement.
  • Identify any people affected by land acquisition, their key characteristics and types of losses.
  • Determine if social preparation is needed.
  • Identify resettlement institutions and their capacities.
  • Assess options to reduce or avoid resettlement.
  • Prepare TORs for RP, if resettlement is likely.
  • Determine whether resettlement effects are likely to be significant.
PPTA Feasibility Study Consultant with DMC resettlement planners
  • Develop new eligibility policy to cover all APs.
  • Discuss basic resettlement principles with project management.
  • Establish parameters for RP.
  • Draft full or short RP with time-bound actions and budgets.
  • Build plan around a development strategy with compensation, relocation, and rehabilitation measures.
  • Give special consideration to indigenous peoples and other vulnerable groups.
  • Include social preparation for people affected, when resettlement is likely to cause social unrest or APs are especially vulnerable
  • Prepare entitlement matrix.
  • If resettlement is significant, develop measures to strengthen DMC capacity to implement resettlement.
Draft RRP for the MRM Mission Leader, SOCD
  • Include summary RP in consultation with SOCD.
Before appraisal Government or private project sponsor
  • Submit the RP to the Bank.
Appraisal Mission Leader
  • Review RP with EA.
Final RRP for Board circulation Mission Leader, SOCD
  • Include a summary RP.
Project Profile Mission Leader
  • Include resettlement details from ISA and RP if resettlement is significant.
Loan negotiations Mission Leader
  • List outstanding activities as conditions.
Implementation Projects Department, DMC personnel
  • Review resettlement thoroughly using experts in resettlement, sociology and social anthropology.
  • Monitor all entitlements and payments.
  • Review projects with large-scale resettlement semi-annually
  • Review resettlement in depth at mid-term review.
  • Make necessary adjustments to meet the Bank's Policy.
  • Continue monitoring after project commissioning and completion of Bank financing, if necessary, to determine if recovery has been accomplished.
Monitoring and reporting Projects Department, DMC personnel
  • Staff of Projects Department to monitor resettlement regularly.
  • Evaluate extent to which incomes and quality of life have been restored or improved.
  • Report on progress in the Project Performance Report.
  • OESD to prepare annual reports for the Board.



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