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p. 20 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 Levels of participation How to identify the stakeholders Assessing social impacts Prior informed consent What do ADB policies and strategies say? 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

Assessing social impacts

Early assessment of potential social impacts can only be effectively undertaken with the involvement of those likely to be affected and requires a well structured and adaptive management approach.

Some guidance on Social Impact Assessment is provided in the following links:

• Guidance from the International Association of Impact Assessment
• US Interorganizational Committee on Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment
• WCD - Baseline Social Conditions

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