wb_bank_procedures-c57c53f9f550347f.pdf

This document consists of a draft operational manual (BP 4.12) and subsequent reports from the Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) regarding the World Bank's policies and procedures for Involuntary Resettlement. It outlines the mandatory steps for project teams to minimize displacement, the requirements for resettlement instruments, and the internal governance and appraisal processes used to ensure that displaced persons' livelihoods are restored or improved.

• For projects involving involuntary resettlement, the submission of a conforming resettlement instrument is a condition of appraisal. In highly unusual circumstances, such as emergency recovery operations, appraisal may be authorized before the plan is complete with approval from the Managing Director and the Resettlement Committee, provided a timetable for completion is agreed upon.
• During the appraisal process, the task team must assess the borrower's capacity and commitment to implement the resettlement instrument, the availability of counterpart funds, and the risks of impoverishment. The Project Appraisal Document (PAD) must include an annex that details the overall cost of resettlement as a distinct part of the project costs.
• Bank supervision of a project continues until all resettlement measures specified in the relevant instrument have been implemented. The final Implementation Completion Report (ICR) must evaluate whether the objectives of the resettlement instrument were achieved, typically based on a socioeconomic survey of affected people conducted at project completion.
• The Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) and the Operations Evaluation Department (OED) emphasized that resettlement should be viewed as 'sustainable development programs' rather than mere restoration. OED highlighted that economic rehabilitation often requires sustained efforts over many years or decades.
• There is a tension between World Bank policies and national laws regarding compensation. While the Bank prefers using the borrower's legal framework, it may require additional measures if that framework is inadequate. Legal agreements between the Bank and borrowers are binding regardless of local law, though the Bank negotiates these requirements with borrowers rather than imposing them unilaterally.
• The Bank's policy treats persons with traditional use of land at par with those who have full legal rights to affected lands, even if those traditional claims are not formally recognized under local laws.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). wb_bank_procedures-c57c53f9f550347f.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/WB_Bank_Procedures.pdf

Chicago

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