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Dams and Development E-Paper Contents

p. -1 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

WCD - Baseline Social Conditions

The World Commission on Dams identified the importance of social impact studies as part of both Strategic Impact Assessment (Guideline #4) and Project-Level Impact Assessment (Guideline #5). A central component to these assessments are the Baseline Social Conditions (Guideline #17).

The baseline 'provides key milestones against which project performance and positive and negative impacts can be assessed through periodic monitoring and evaluation'. A two stage approach was proposed:

• a low intensity appraisal during options assessment, linked to Strategic Impact Assessment
• a more comprehensive baseline during Project-level Impact Assessment once an intervention emerges from the options assessment process.

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