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p. 38 of 79 BACK | NEXT Foreword Abbreviations Glossary 1. Introduction 2. The Resettlement Plan in the Project Cycle 3. Resettlement: Key Planning Concepts 4. Consultation and Participation 5. Socioeconomic Information 5.1 Preparing for Data Collection 5.2 Data Collection Methods and Objectives 5.3 Deciding What Data to Collect 5.4 Improving Data Collection Effectiveness 5.5 Data Collection Operations 5.6 Reporting Survey Results 5.7 Data Collection and Surveys in the Project Cycle: Key Action Points 5.8 Checklist: 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 : 5. Socioeconomic Information

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5.3. Deciding What Data to Collect

The survey covers all APs, including vulnerable groups, host populations, and information on land and the area. It includes APs with formal ownership as well as those without title, e.g., tenants, sharecroppers, the landless, squatters, vendors, small shop owners, wage laborers and others. Vulnerable groups (indigenous people, ethnic minorities, women and households headed by women, people without legal rights to inherit or own property, the poorest, and isolated communities) among the APs may not be covered by existing laws and regulations. Bank Policy clearly recognizes their rights as APs.¹ Indigenous peoples often have traditional land rights without formal titles and, therefore, detailed information on their land-use, economic activities, and social organizations is collected to prepare separate social and economic development plans consistent with their traditions and cultures.² Women's contributions to production and household management must be assessed and counted fully.

Host populations are an essential part of the data collection process if relocation sites are proposed. Detailed information on the host communities (demography, land area, land distribution pattern, land-use practices, economic activities agriculture, business, foraging, fishing and common property resources) is collected. This is particularly necessary to assess the likely impact of relocating APs in the host communities, and also the need to develop programs both for the APs and the host populations for economic development and social integration. The host population survey may use PRA techniques.

Data to be Collected About APs

• Total number of APs
• Demographic, education, income and occupational profiles
• Inventory of all property and assets affected
• Socioeconomic production systems and use of natural resources
• Inventory of common property resources
• Economic activities of all affected people, including vulnerable groups
• Social networks and social organization
• Cultural systems and sites

Host Population

• Map of the host communities and settlement area
• Existing population density and carrying capacity
• Demographic and sociocultural composition
• Common property resources
• Land-use patterns
• New infrastructure and development needs
• Reactions to resettlers
• Community organizations and needs
• Social networks and social organizations
• Cultural systems and sites

Land and the Area

• Map of the area and villages affected by land acquisition
• Total land area acquired for the project
• Land type and land use
• Ownership, tenure, and land-use patterns
• Land acquisition procedures and compensation
• Existing civic facilities and infrastructures
• Nonland economic and resource systems

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¹ Staff Instruction on Women in Development (November 1992) and Women in Development Issues, Changes and Strategies in Asia and the Pacific. Asian Development Bank, Manila.

² Staff Instruction on Indigenous People (1994) and Involuntary Resettlement (1995). Asian Development Bank, Manila.

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