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SOCIAL IMPACTS ANALYSIS AND
SOCIAL PROTECTION
4.1 Introduction
A Social Impacts Assessment (SIA) was carried out in Lop Buri, Uthai Thani and Nakhon
Sawan provinces in the Central Plains area of Thailand. 140 The field guide developed for
the SIA focused on collecting data on the following three areas of inquiry using qualitative
methodologies 141 : (i) livelihoods and coping strategies; (ii) social relations and cohesion
and (iii) governance, with a particular focus on the distribution of relief assistance.
The SIA has a dual objective. It aims to provide an overview of the impact of the floods in
these three key areas and to put forward a set of recommendations for the recovery and
reconstruction process. The recommendations presented have a specific focus on social
protection and take into account the insights provided by communities visited. The team
collected insights from a mix of 12 sites (one urban and three rural sites for each province)
to understand how the impact of the floods may have varied across sites. 142 A comparison
of the impacts found by the team in urban and rural areas is provided in Table 83. 143
Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIS) were held with the
following groups within the communities: (i) informal workers (daily laborers), small
business owners and low income civil servants, in urban areas (ii) in rural areas the team
conducted three separate focus groups: two with individuals representing a range of
occupation and a third exclusively with farmers. 144 In addition, the team ensured that KIIs
140 The SIA was implemented between the 7th and 25th of November 2011 by a World Bank team in close collaboration
with local civil society organizations and relevant ministries.
141 The research tools, Focus Group Discussions (FGD) and Key Informant Interview (KII) guides were pre-tested in
Prachinburi in the Eastern Region of Thailand.
142 The following sites were covered by the SIA. In Lop Buri: (i) Ban Pom municipality; and (ii) Phonamob village (Patarn
sub-district); Pho Kao Ton and Sratawaew sub-districts. In Uthai Thani: (i) Pakkabadsamphan, and (ii) Hardthanong in
the sub-district of Thasung; Bungtaptae in Thasung sub-district and Wang Sathit and Neuan Tontarn in Nong Paiban subdistrict.
In Nakhon Sawan: (i) Nakhon Sawan municipality and (ii) the following three communities Tapkrit Pattana (Moo 8);
Nuen Thong (Moo 7) and Yansawai (Moo 4). In addition, the team conducted additional informal interviews in Koksamutr in
Lop Buri. These communities were selected in coordination with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security,
the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and civil society organizations
143 Given to time constraints it was not possible for the team to collect information on the living conditions in temporary
accommodation sites and evacuation centers
144 A total of 30 FDGs and 70 KIIs were conducted for the SIA.
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