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p. 43 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 What benefits can be shared? Distribution analysis Secondary benefits What do ADB polices say? 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

What do ADB polices say?

Distributional analysis goes beyond cost-benefit analysis to provide an insight into who bears the costs and who receives the benefit. The definition of distribution effects used in ADB's Guidelines for the Economic Analysis of Projects is:

An analysis of the net income effects of project costs and benefits on different project participants, including the difference between financial and economic values for project outputs and inputs. Distribution effects can refer to the net income effects between, at least, producers, users and government, and sometimes workers and lenders, as well, for utility projects; to the particular net income effect for the poor, and to the net income effect for foreign and domestic participants'. (p196)

The following extracts from ADB's policies, guidelines, and handbooks provide guidance and direction on the distribution of benefits in ADB's operations.

• Economic Analysis Guidelines
• Environment Policy
• Handbook for Incorporating Social Dimensions in projects
• Indigenous Peoples Policy
• Involuntary Resettlement Policy

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