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j) Projects on International Waterways (OP 7.50) Details of the ten World Bank's safeguard policies is provided in Annex 6. The Regional Health and TB Support Project triggers OP 4.01 on Environmental Assessment. Resettlement of people (provided for by OP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement) will not occur under the project, although temporary use of people’s land to facilitate access, construction and movement of vehicles is possible. This can easily be managed through proper planning and timing of activities as well as involvement of the affected people to avoid any loss of crops or property at the particular time of construction and in this regard, this ESMF provides for screening of project activities and sites to avoid triggering of this policy. The two policies are described in detail as follows: 2.3.1 Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) The objective of Environmental Assessment is to ensure that projects are environmentally sound and sustainable, and that decision-making is improved through appropriate analysis of actions and mitigation of their likely environmental impacts. This policy is triggered if a project is likely to have potential adverse environmental risks and impacts in its area of influence. Construction and rehabilitation of laboratory buildings may have negative environmental impacts, which require mitigation. Therefore, in line with this Operational Policy, this environment and social management framework, for screening of the Regional Health and TB Support Project activities and sites has been prepared. 2.3.2 Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 The policy acknowledges that development projects that displace people generally give rise to economic, social and environmental problems. Its objective therefore, is to avoid or minimize involuntary resettlement where feasible, by exploring all viable alternative project designs. OP 4.12 is intended to assist displaced persons in maintaining or improving their living standards. It encourages community participation in planning and implementing resettlement; and in providing assistance to affected people, regardless of the legality of title to the land they posses, which has to be acquired for project activities. The Bank guidelines therefore, prescribe measures to minimize the negative impacts to ensure that the displaced community benefits from the project and to ensure that the affected persons are: • compensated for their losses at full replacement costs prior to the actual move; • assisted with the move and supported during the transition period in the resettlement site; • assisted in their effort to improve (or at least restore) their former living standards, income earning capacity and production levels; • integrated socially and economically in the host communities, so that adverse impacts in the host communities are minimized. This is best achieved through appropriate planning and consultation, involving affected people. 20
In addition; land, housing, infrastructure and other compensation should be provided to the adversely affected population, indigenous groups, ethnic minorities, and pastoral people who may have usufruct or customary rights to the land and other resources taken for the project. The absence of legal title to land by such groups should not be a bar to compensation. The policy is triggered not only if physical relocation occurs, but also by any loss of land resulting in relocation or loss of shelter; loss of assets or access to assets; loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected people must move to another location. The existing policies, land laws and regulations regarding land acquisition and compensation in the participating countries are generally consistent with the World Bank Operational Guidelines. Therefore, if necessary at all, compensation could still be handled within the existing regulations, without contradicting the World Bank Policy requirements. However, since the laboratory rehabilitation and construction works for this project will be confined to within the existing hospital building premises and to unoccupied land owned by the government within existing government hospital infrastructure, no significant damage to properties will be expected from the project activities. 2.3.3 The World Bank’s Categorization of Projects Environmental consequences should be recognized early in the project cycle and taken into account in project selection, siting, planning and design. In so doing, adverse environmental and social impacts may be prevented, minimized, mitigated and/or compensated for; and positive impacts may be enhanced. The World Bank’s Environmental Assessment includes the process for mitigating and managing environmental and social impacts throughout project implementation and the Environmental Assessment Sourcebook (1993) and its updates (1996, 1997) provide technical guidance. The World Bank's categorization of projects, with respect to significance of environmental impacts is as follows: 1) Category "A": A proposed project is classified as Category “A” if it is likely to have significant adverse environmental impacts that are sensitive, diverse, or unprecedented. These impacts may affect an area broader than the sites or facilities subjected to the physical works. Environmental Assessment for a Category “A” project examines the project's potential negative and positive environmental and social impacts, compares them with those of feasible alternatives (including the "without project" situation), and recommends any measures needed to prevent, minimize, mitigate or compensate for adverse impacts and improve environmental performance. For a Category “A” project, the borrower is responsible for preparing a report, normally an EIA (or a suitably comprehensive or sectoral EIA) that includes as necessary, elements such as environmental audits or hazard or risk assessments. 2) Category “B”: A proposed project is classified as Category “B” if its potential adverse environmental and social impacts (on human populations or environmentally important areas including wetlands, forests, grasslands, and other natural habitats) are less adverse than those of Category “A” projects. These impacts are site-specific; few if any of them are irreversible; and in 21
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OP/BP 4.10 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP
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OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas
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