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Report No.: ISDSA9493

Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 24-Nov-2014

Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 06-Dec-2014

I. BASIC INFORMATION

1. Basic Project Data

Country: China Project ID: P132775

Project Name: China: Gansu Rural-Urban Integration Infrastructure Project (P 132775)

Task Team Holly Krambeck

Leader:

Estimated 20-Oct-2014 Estimated 31-Mar-2015Appraisal Date: Board Date:

Managing Unit: GTIDR Lending Investment Project Financing

Instrument:

Sector(s): Rural and Inter-Urban Roads and Highways (100%)

Theme(s): Rural services and infrastructure (50%), Regional integration (50%)

Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP No8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies)?

Financing (In USD Million)

Total Project Cost: 227.49 Total Bank Financing: 150.00

Financing Gap: 0.00

Financing Source Amount0

Borrower 77.49

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 150.00

Total 227.49

Environmental A - Full Assessment

Category:

Is this a NoRepeaterproject?

2. Project Development Objective(s)

The project development objective is to provide residents in Wuwei Municipality and Linxia Countywith improved connectivity between rural and urban areas.

3. Project Description

A. Concept

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The proposed project components include the construction and improvement of urban and rural roadsand bridges prioritized through Wuwei and Linxia's rural-urban integration plans.

1. Description0

Component A: Wuwei Road Network Improvement (Cost: USD 138.563 million; IBRD Loan: USD90.981 million) will provide all-season roads to Wuwei rural people and increase transport capacityin key corridors. Physical outputs include newly constructed roads and bridges, as well asrehabilitated roads with improved safety and drainage features.

Component B: Linxia Road Network Improvement (Cost: USD 73.304 million; IBRD Loan: USD44.331 million) will provide all-season roads to Linxia rural people and increase transport capacity inkey corridors. .Physical outputs include newly constructed roads and bridges, as well as rehabilitatedroads with improved safety and drainage features.

Component C: Technical Assistance (Cost: USD 4.067 million; IBRD Loan USD 3.133 million).This component supports training and technical assistance activities related to road safety,maintenance, and rural beneficiaries support.

4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguardanalysis (if known)

The project sites are located in Wuwei Municipality and Linxia County, Gansu Province. WuweiMunicipality, located at the eastern end of the Gansu Hexi Corridor, is a prefecture-level city innorthwest central Gansu Province. It borders Yingchuan and Inner Mongolia in the north; LanzhouMunicipality, provincial capital of Gansu Province in the east; and Qinghai Province in the south. Itsposition makes it an important business and transportation hub for the area. Wuwei has one district,and three counties with a land area of 33,000 square-km and a population of 1.9 million. The projectarea in Wuwei Municipality is located in the alluvial and fluvial plain in the front of QilianMountain. The area belongs to arid zone of cold temperate zone, with precipitation of 60-610 mmand evaporation up to 3,000 mm.

Linxia County is located in the middle of Gansu Province, the transition zone of the Qinghai-TibetPlateau and Loess Plateau. Linxia is a county of the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It bordersYongjing County in the north; Dongxiang County and Hezheng County in the east; GannanPrefecture in the south; and Qinghai Provinces in the west. Linxia consists of 19 townships with apopulation of 389,000 and a land area of 1,212 square-km. Linxia has a mountainous climate withcontinental and monsoon features. Annual average temperature is -12.7oC - 26.OoC. Annualprecipitation is 628.5 mm, and evaporation is 541.9mm. The rural roads to be upgraded in Linxia areall existing roads along the flood plain and terrace of small valleys.

5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists

Feng Ji (GENDR)

Meixiang Zhou (GSURR)

6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional)Environmental Assessment OP/ Yes Environmental Impacts (OP4.01): The proposedBP 4.01 project will improve local transport infrastructure,

rural-urban connectivity and rural accessibility to

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urban public services in project area. In Wuwei,part of the existing road (#A9 road; width:7.5meters) to be rehabilitated is within the boundary

o of a Class II Zone (buffer zone) drinking watersource protected area of the Dajingxia Reservoirand Liujiatan in Dajing Town. In Linxia County,partial alignment of a rural road (road width: 7.5meters) to be rehabilitated runs along the bank ofthe Liujiaxia Reservoir. These existing roadscurrently pose risks to the drinking water sourcesdue to the deteriorated road conditions andinadequate safety facilities. Rehabilitation ofthese roads would significantly reduce risks tothese water sources because of the improved roadconditions and the provision of safety facilities.The EA proposes both engineering measures andspecific mitigation measures, such as provision ofsurface runoff and accident spill collection andstorage tanks along the sections close to watersource protection areas; drainage system; anti-crash barriers; and warning signs, and speedcontrol measures, etc..

Most of the adverse environmental impacts of theproject are related to construction activities, suchas nuisance of dust and noise, wastewater, borrowand disposal sites, soil erosion, disturbance tolocal traffic, communities and irrigation system.During operations, adverse impacts includevehicle noise and emission, road safety, and thepotential leakage of fuel and chemicals fromvehicles, etc. The EA concludes that thesepotential adverse impacts and risks can bemitigated with the engineering design, goodconstruction management practice, and theproposed mitigation measures.

With respect to the cumulative impacts, keyValued Ecosystem Components (VECs) underconsideration include soil, acoustic environment,water quality and air quality. The EA shows thatthe project will have very limited contribution tothe cumulative impacts given that (i) the projectonly accounts for 0.06% (in terms of new roadlength) of the total roads in Linxia; and 1.5% ofthe total roads in Wuwei; and (ii) 57% of the roadinvestments (in terms of road length) of the

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project are for the rehabilitation of existing roads.To minimize the potential impacts such as soilerosion and traffic noise, a specific water andsocial conservation plan has been developed forWuwei and Linxia respectively. Noise monitoringand noise abatement measures have beenproposed in the ESMP.

Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 Yes Natural Habitats (OP4.04): The project is locatedin areas that have been disturbed by intensivehuman activities. In Linxia, approximately 89%of total land affected (158ha) are farmland,existing roads, land for economic trees (e.g.,planted fruit or timber trees) and residential land.The remaining 10.9% are grassland and green beltalong the existing roads. In Wuwei,approximately 56.6% of the total land affected(235ha) are farmland, residential land, andexisting roads; while the remaining 43% iswasteland in desert area. Wuwei is facingdesertification problems, with 39% of its landbeing desert. The EA confirms that there are noendangered species in the project area that couldbe affected by project interventions.

Road investments include 40 bridges (25 inLinxia and 15 in Wuwei) with bridge lengthvarying from 15-155m and width varying from8-28m. Construction activities for 25 bridges inLinxia are expected to affect river systems-seasonal streams or perennial streams; i.e., DaxiaRiver and its branches. Soil erosion caused by theconstruction activities may increase the sedimentconcentration in Daxia River and cause depositsin the lower stream of the river. If no mitigationmeasures taken, project construction may increasesoil erosion by 78,427 tons in Linxia and by92,172 tons in Wuwei during five yearconstruction phase and three years after theconstruction.

Daixa River and its small branches have beeninfluenced by human activities. But by taking aprecautionary approach, Natural Habitats policy(OP4.04) is deemed triggered. Mitigationmeasures for construction have been proposed inthe ESMP.

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The project will affect 29,969 trees in Wuwei and18,087 trees in Linxia. The affected trees aretimber/fruit trees planted by farmers in the land

o close to their villages or houses, or green beltalong the existing roads. Compensation for thetrees has been specified in the RAP. The projectwill not have any impacts on the health andquality of forests, nor affect the rights and welfareof people and their level of dependence upon orinteraction with forests. Forests policy (OP4.36)is not deemed triggered.

Forests OP/BP 4.36 No The project will not have impacts on the healthand quality of forests, nor affect the rights andwelfare of people and their level of dependenceupon or interaction with forests, nor aim to bringabout changes in the management, protection, orutilization of natural forest or plantations. Thispolicy is not triggered.

Pest Management OP 4.09 No The project will not include any procurement ofpesticides or pesticide application equipment; norintroduce any new pest management practices, orexpand/alter existing pest management practices;nor lead to substantially increased pesticide useand subsequent environmental and health risks.Road maintenance in the project area will notinvolve the use of pesticides due to the elevationand climate conditions in Wuwei and Linxia. Thispolicy is not triggered.

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Physical Cultural Resources OP/ Yes Physical Cultural Resources (OP4. 11): TenBP 4.11 mosques and one Taosim temple are identified in

the vicinity of the alignments of four existingrural roads in Linxia County. These mosques arerecent buildings built between 1982-2010 andserve religious services for about 5,000 Muslimpeople. The Taoism temple (GuodongshanTemple) was built over 200 years ago and servesthe Taoism community of about 2,000 people inthe area. Neither the mosques nor temple areregistered as cultural relics. However, they areconsidered as PCRs due to their religious andcultural significance to local communities.

The completion of the road renovation willprovide better road condition and safety for thelocal communities to access these religiousservices. All the mosques and temple are outsidethe right-of-way of the projects roads, with

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distance between 10-1 80m. The road constructionwill not directly acquire the land nor encroach theproperty of these mosques and the temple.However, construction will likely cause shortadverse impacts, including noise impact onreligious events, and disturbance to accessibilityto these places. Mitigation measures have beenspecified in the ESMP. In addition, total 345household graves will be relocated due to theproject. Based on field survey and publicconsultation, it is concluded that these graves arewith insignificant archaeological and historicalvalue.

Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 Yes Linxia is a Hui autonomous county. In the projectsites, there are 23 project villages withconcentrations of Hui people and 6 villages withconcentrations of Dongxiang. They account for49.6% and 56.3% of the total villagers in theproject sites, respectively. These ethnic peoplemeet the definition of the Bank IP term. On theother hand, in Wuwei Municipality, there are only196 ethnic minority people (0.17 % of local totalvillagers) living scattered throughout 41 villages,and in the project areas, they are well integratedwith the majority-Han People. They are verysimilar to Han people in terms of social welfare,rights, social security, language, cultural andliving customs. Thus OP4. 10 is not applicable tothese people in Wuwei. Overall, the task teamconcludes that the Bank's OP4.10 policy onIndigenous People is triggered. A SocialAssessment as required by the policy has beenconducted with a report, and an Ethnic MinorityDevelopment Plan has been prepared by theclient.

Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP Yes Land acquisition caused by project construction is4.12 unavoidable in Wuwei Municipality and Linxia

County. The main involuntary resettlementimpacts will include ground structure demolition,temporary and permanent land acquisition. TwoResettlement Action Plans (RAP) have beenprepared in both English and Chinese for Wuweiand Linxia. In the project preparation phase,locations of some subcomponents might not bedetermined or might change during projectimplementation; therefore both Wuwei and Linxiahave prepared a Resettlement Policy Framework

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(RPF) as an annex in their RAPs.Linkage projects: The Golden Avenue (JinseDadao Road) in Wuwei is identified as the onlylinkage project as defined by the OP4.12. Giventhat resettlement of the road has been completed,a due diligence study on its resettlement was doneand included in the Wuwei RAP. There is nolegacy issue about this project land acquisition.

Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No The project will not finance construction orrehabilitation of any dams as defined under thispolicy.Not applicable

Projects on International No Not applicableWaterways OP/BP 7.50

Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No Not applicable7.60

II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management

A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues

1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identifyand describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts:

EnvironmentalEnvironmental Impacts (OP4.01): The proposed project will improve local transport infrastructure,rural-urban connectivity and rural accessibility to urban public services in project area. In Wuwei,part of the existing road (#A9 road; width:7.5 meters) to be rehabilitated is within the boundary ofa Class II Zone (buffer zone) drinking water source protected area of the Dajingxia Reservoir andLiujiatan in Dajing Town. In Linxia County, partial alignment of a rural road (road width: 7.5meters) to be rehabilitated runs along the bank of the Liujiaxia Reservoir. These existing roadscurrently pose risks to the drinking water sources due to the deteriorated road conditions and

a inadequate safety facilities. Rehabilitation of these roads would significantly reduce risks to thesewater sources because of the improved road conditions and the provision of safety facilities. TheEA proposes both engineering measures and specific mitigation measures, such as provision ofsurface runoff and accident spill collection and storage tanks along the sections close to watersource protection areas; drainage system; anti-crash barriers; and warning signs, and speed controlmeasures, etc..

Most of the adverse environmental impacts of the project are related to construction activities,such as nuisance of dust and noise, wastewater, borrow and disposal sites, soil erosion, disturbanceto local traffic, communities and irrigation system. During operations, adverse impacts includevehicle noise and emission, road safety, and the potential leakage of fuel and chemicals fromvehicles, etc. The EA concludes that these potential adverse impacts and risks can be mitigatedwith the engineering design, good construction management practice, and the proposed mitigationmeasures.

With respect to the cumulative impacts, key Valued Ecosystem Components (VECs) underconsideration include soil, acoustic environment, water quality and air quality. The EA shows that

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the project will have very limited contribution to the cumulative impacts given that (i) the projectonly accounts for 0.06% (in terms of new road length) of the total roads in Linxia; and 1.5% of thetotal roads in Wuwei; and (ii) 57% of the road investments (in terms of road length) of the projectare for the rehabilitation of existing roads. To minimize the potential impacts such as soil erosion

Cand traffic noise, a specific water and social conservation plan has been developed for Wuwei andLinxia respectively. Noise monitoring and noise abatement measures have been proposed in the

o ESMP.

Natural Habitats (OP4.04): The project is located in areas that have been disturbed by intensivehuman activities. In Linxia, approximately 89% of total land affected (158ha) are farmland,existing roads, land for economic trees (e.g., planted fruit or timber trees) and residential land. Theremaining 10.9% are grassland and green belt along the existing roads. In Wuwei, approximately56.6% of the total land affected (235ha) are farmland, residential land, and existing roads; whilethe remaining 43% is wasteland in desert area. Wuwei is facing desertification problems, with39% of its land being desert. The EA confirms that there are no endangered species in the projectarea that could be affected by project interventions.

Road investments include 40 bridges (25 in Linxia and 15 in Wuwei) with bridge length varyingfrom 15-155m and width varying from 8-28m. Construction activities for 25 bridges in Linxia areexpected to affect river systems-seasonal streams or perennial streams; i.e., Daxia River and itsbranches. Soil erosion caused by the construction activities may increase the sedimentconcentration in Daxia River and cause deposits in the lower stream of the river. If no mitigationmeasures taken, project construction may increase soil erosion by 78,427 tons in Linxia and by92,172 tons in Wuwei during five year construction phase and three years after the construction.

Daixa River and its small branches have been influenced by human activities. But by taking aprecautionary approach, Natural Habitats policy (OP4.04) is deemed triggered. Mitigationmeasures for construction have been proposed in the ESMP .

The project will affect 29,969 trees in Wuwei and 18,087 trees in Linxia. The affected trees aretimber/fruit trees planted by farmers in the land close to their villages or houses, or green beltalong the existing roads. Compensation for the trees has been specified in the RAP. The projectwill not have any impacts on the health and quality of forests, nor affect the rights and welfare ofpeople and their level of dependence upon or interaction with forests. Forests policy (OP4.36) isnot deemed triggered.

Physical Cultural Resources (OP4. 11): Ten mosques and one Taosim temple are identified in thevicinity of the alignments of four existing rural roads in Linxia County. These mosques are recentbuildings built between 1982-20 10 and serve religious services for about 5,000 Muslim people.The Taoism temple (Guodongshan Temple) was built over 200 years ago and serves the Taoismcommunity of about 2,000 people in the area. Neither the mosques nor temple are registered ascultural relics. However, they are considered as PCRs due to their religious and culturalsignificance to local communities.

The completion of the road renovation will provide better road condition and safety for the localcommunities to access these religious services. All the mosques and temple are outside the right-of-way of the projects roads, with distance between 10-180m. The road construction will notdirectly acquire the land nor encroach the property of these mosques and the temple. However,construction will likely cause short adverse impacts, including noise impact on religious events,

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and disturbance to accessibility to these places. Mitigation measures have been specified in theESMP. In addition, total 345 household graves will be relocated due to the project. Based on fieldsurvey and public consultation, it is concluded that these graves are with insignificantarchaeological and historical value.

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SocialThe project will have social impacts related to the need for land acquisition and demolition of anumber of structures. In Wuwei Municipality, about 4,846 people from 1,143 households will beaffected by the acquisition of 120 ha of collective owned land and 903 people from 190households will be affected by demolition of some 76,662 square-meters of rural structures. Tenshops and 5 institutes will be affected. Some PAPs will be affected by both land acquisition andstructure demolition; therefore the total number of PAPs in Wuwei is 5,432 people from 1,271households. In the County of Linxia, some 6,481 people from 1,519 households will be affected bythe acquisition of 70 ha of collective land and 130 people from 25 households will be affected bydemolition of 1,028 square-meters rural structure. Some PAPs will be affected by both landacquisition and structure demolition; therefore the total number of PAPs in Linxia is 6,481 peoplefrom 1,519 households.

Linxia County is a Hui autonomous county. In the project sites, there are 23 project villages withconcentrations of Hui people and 6 villages with concentrations of Dongxiang people. Theyaccount for 49.6% and 56.3% of the total villagers respectively. The task team concludes that theBank's OP4. 10 policy on Indigenous People is triggered. A Social Assessment as required by thepolicy has been conducted, and an Ethnic Minority Development Plan has been developed by thecounterparts. While in Wuwei city, there are only 196 Hui, Dongxiang, Salar and Mongolianethnic people, they live scattered across 41 project villages. These ethnic people do not meet thedefinition of the Bank IP term; therefore, IP policy OP 4.10 is not triggered for Wuwei subproject.

2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activitiesin the project area:

The drainage and sewer pipelines constructed as part the project roads will improve wastewatercollection efficiency of the urban areas of the project cities, thus contribute to the improvement ofwater environment. With the improvement of transport infrastructure, future investment will belikely increase in the project area, providing local residents with employment opportunities.

3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverseimpacts.

The EA includes a review of the alternatives for the road alignments and a "with vs withoutproject" analysis. Proposals that may cause significant adverse impacts on PCRs or naturalhabitats were dropped as a result of the EA and the feasibility study. Some engineering designsthat do not have significant environmental and social impacts are not discussed in the EA, butcovered in the detailed feasibility study. Efforts also were made to minimize resettlement impactand negative impact to Hui communities as much as possible.

4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide anassessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described.

Environmental (OP/BP4.01): A stand-alone Environmental and Social Management Plan has beenprepared for Linxia and Wuwei, based on the above environmental assessment. The ESMPincludes, but is not limited to:a) Environmental Code of Practices (ECOPs) for contractors for inclusion in the biddingdocuments and civil work contracts;

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b) Specific mitigation measures during design and construction phases, such as (i) roaddrainage system and road safety design, and provision of road safety facilities; (ii) balance of cutand fill for construction activities; (iii) management of borrow and disposal sites, camps, nuisanceof dust, noise, waste, and wastewater; (iv) specific soil erosion management plan; (iv) mitigation

Cmeasures to avoid or mitigate disturbance to local communities, traffic, religious activities, utilitiesand irrigation system;c) Specific measures proposed for the operation phase including (i) road maintenance (e.g.road safety, drainage system); (ii) noise monitoring and noise mitigation measures; (iii) measuresto protect water sources/streams; and (iv) emergency measures for the potential leakage ofchemicals and fuel;d) Water sources protection measures including: (i) provision of surface runoff and accidentspill collection and storage tanks along the sections close to water source protection areas; (ii)drainage system; (iii) anti-crash barriers; and warning signs, and speed control measures etc.; ande) A social management plan based on the major findings and recommendations from theSocial Assessment.

Natural Habitats (OP4.04): Mitigation measures for the bridge construction have been proposed inthe ESMP. A Soil and Water Conservation Plan, as part of the ESMP, has been developed forLinxia and Wuwei respectively including mitigation measures, monitoring plan and the budget.With these mitigation measures, soil erosion caused by construction activities can be substantiallyreduced.

Physical Cultural Resources (OP4. 11): To protect PCRs, consultation with local communities(especially Muslim communities) has been conducted and necessary mitigation measuresincorporated into the ESMPs, which include (but not limited to): training of construction workersto respect local culture; provision of temporary access to ensure accessibility; prior notice ofconstruction activities and schedule; use of low noise equipment in the vicinity of the mosques andtemple; and optimizing construction time and activities to avoid disturbance to religious events.For the relocation of household graves, compensation measures have been included in the RAPs.Chance Find Procedures for PCRs are included in the ESMP.

The ESMP specifies environmental monitoring plans, institutional arrangement, capacity buildingactivities, and the budget for the ESMP implementation.

Gansu Province has worked with the Bank since 1980s. At present, it has four ongoing projectsfinanced by the Bank. The province is familiar with the Bank's procedures and requirements.Underthe provincial level, project implementation and coordination will be carried out by WuweiMunicipality and Linxia County. Wuwei and Linxia have established their Project Leading Group(PLG) with a vice mayor or a country governor as the head of the PMOs, assisted by a number ofgovernment agencies. PMOs have been established under the guidance of the PLGs. The PMOsconsist of departments responsible for financial, engineering, procurement, social andenvironmental management. ESMP implementation will be managed by Wuwei PMO and LinxiaPMO. An environmental management unit will be established in the PMOs respectively withdesignated environmental staff. The contractors and supervision engineers will be required toassign qualified environmental staff to their team to ensure effective implementation of theESMPs. As per the ESMP, PMO will receive more training during project implementation.

Involuntary Resettlement (OP4.12) In accordance with local laws and Bank requirements,

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Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) and Resettlement Policy Frameworks (RPF) for the two projectsites of Wuwei and Linxia were prepared in Chinese and English by the Wuwei and LimxiaPMOs, with assistance from house demolition offices, local land bureaus, affected villages andcommunities, potentially displaced persons, and a consultative team from Hohai University.

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RAPs were prepared in line with relevant Chinese laws and regulations, and World Bank OP 4.12on Involuntary Resettlement. Key principles, compensation standards and salient activities inproject design and RAP preparation included:* Acquisition of land and other assets, and relocation of people, will be minimized as muchas possible.* A socio-economic survey will be conducted to determine baseline conditions, especially ofproject affected persons.* Compensation for houses or other properties will be determined at full replacement value.* Compensation will be provided to all project affected persons, including those who lackhouse registration or other documents, such as legal documents.* Basic infrastructure and service facilities will be provided in areas where project affectedpersons will be resettled.* Affected persons will be consulted during planning for acquisition of land and otherassets, and provision of rehabilitation.* Financial and physical resources for resettlement and rehabilitation will be made availablewhen required.* Special consideration will be given to vulnerable groups.* Institutional arrangements will be established to ensure effective and timely design,planning, consultation and implementation of the RAP.* Effective and timely supervision, monitoring and evaluation of project implementationwill be executed.

A Resettlement Policy Framework for Wuwei and Linxia has been developed respectivelyaccording to relevant local laws and regulations as well as World Bank's OP/BP 4.12 onInvoluntary Resettlement for components that might change their location during projectimplementation. The RPF describes the overall legal framework, planning principles, procedures,compensation and rehabilitation approach, consultation and participation requirements, grievance

.* redress mechanisms, organization and monitoring arrangements.

A Due Diligence Review had been conducted for involuntary resettlement practices for Linkageproject identified. The Report showed that there is no legacy issue in terms of involuntaryresettlement.

Indigenous People (OP4. 10): A social assessment (SA) has been carried out during projectpreparation, with a focus on positive impacts, negative impacts, and actions for project design andconstruction. Hui ethnic minority groups were identified as IP group in 23 project villages andDongxiang ethnic minority group as IP group in 6 villages of Linxia. The social assessment (SA)was conducted by a qualified team including economists and sociologists, who carried outintensive fieldwork in selected sample villages. The villages/communities fully understood thepotential risks and opportunities associated with the project, and expressed their interest,enthusiasm and broad support to the project activities.

Key findings of the SA include: ethnic minority people of Hui and Dongxiang live concentrated in29 project villages in Linxia and the Bank IP policy (OP 4.10) is triggered. The project faces some

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risks and negative impacts such as land acquisition, tomb relocation, house demolition, dust andnoise pollution, temporary and partial road blocks, and traffic jams during project construction.The project has a range of positive benefits, such as improving roads accessibility, safety andtransportation efficiency, bringing opportunities of employment and income for local people. Road

Osupporting facilities, road maintenance and traffic management are essential. Public publicity andparticipation are critical to optimize project design and smoothen project implementation. The SAreport suggests a social management plan with measures to address social risks and benefits withroles of relevant project stakeholders. The SA report was shared with the FS, EA and design teamsto ensure the SA findings and action plan are reflected in the project feasibili ty study report, andseparate social safeguards instruments of RAP and EMDP.

Based on the findings of the Social Assessment, an Ethnic Minority Development Plan (EMDP)was developed to ensure that project activities on roads development in Linxia are offered to thesecommunities in the same way as other project beneficiaries and that their participation in theProject would be encouraged.

5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosureon safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people.

The main stakeholders are project affected people in local communities. In accordance with theBank's OP4.01, public consultations were conducted during the EA process, includingquestionnaire surveys and public meetings with project affected people and relevant stakeholders(e.g., mosques/temple management committees). Information about the project, potentialenvironmental and social impacts, and planned mitigation measures were provided to the publicduring consultation. Their concerns have been addressed in the project design and in the EAs andthe ESMPs.

The EA document for Wuwei was disclosed at local villages and the government's website onJanuary 4, 2014; while EA document for Linxia was disclosed at local villages and thegovernment's website on December 26, 2013. Updated EA documents were re-disclosed locallyon August 15, 2014. The EA safeguards documents in Chinese and English were disclosed in theBank Infoshop on August 19, 2014, and re-disclosed in September 2014.

The social safeguards documents for Linxia were locally disclosed on August 11, 2014 and forWuwei on August 15, 2014. The social safeguards documents in Chinese and English weredisclosed in the Bank Infoshop on August 18, 2014.

B. Disclosure Requirements

Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other

Date of receipt by the Bank 15-Jul-2014

Date of submission to InfoShop 19-Aug-2014

For category A projects, date of distributing the ExecutiveSummary of the EA to the Executive Directors

"In country" Disclosure

China 04-Jan-2014

Comments: Linxia: Dec 26,2013; Wuwei: Jan 4, 2014

Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process


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China 15-Aug-2014O

Comments: Linxia: Aug 11, 2014; Wuwei: Aug 15, 2014

Indigenous Peoples Development Plan/FrameworkO




China 1 1-Aug-2014

Comments: Linxia

If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources policies, therespective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/Audit/or EMP.

If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why:

C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level

OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment

Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ]report?

If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ]Manager (PM) review and approve the EA report?

Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ]in the credit/loan?

OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats

Would the project result in any significant conversion or Yes [ ] No [ X ] NA [degradation of critical natural habitats?

If the project would result in significant conversion or Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [degradation of other (non-critical) natural habitats, does theproject include mitigation measures acceptable to the Bank?

OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources

Does the EA include adequate measures related to cultural Yes [ ] No [ X ] NA [ ]property?

Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ]potential adverse impacts on cultural property?

OP/BP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples

Has a separate Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ](as appropriate) been prepared in consultation with affectedIndigenous Peoples?

If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ]Practice Manager review the plan?

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If the whole project is designed to benefit IP, has the design Yes [ ] No [ ] NAbeen reviewed and approved by the Regional SocialDevelopment Unit or Practice Manager?

OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement

o Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/ Yes [ X] No [ ] NAprocess framework (as appropriate) been prepared?

If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Yes [ X ] No [ ] NAPractice Manager review the plan?

The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information

Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [ X] No [ ] NAWorld Bank's Infoshop?

Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public Yes [ X ] No [ ] NAplace in a form and language that are understandable andaccessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs?

All Safeguard Policies

Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ]responsibilities been prepared for the implementation ofmeasures related to safeguard policies?

Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included Yes [ x] No [ ] NA [ ]in the project cost?

Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ]include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measuresrelated to safeguard policies?

Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed Yes [ X] No [ ] NA [ ]with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in

the project legal documents?

III. APPROVALS

Task Team Leader: Name: Holly Krambeck

Approved By

Regional Safeguards Name: Peter Leonard (RSA) Date: 05-Dec-2014

Advisor:

Practice Manager/ Name: Michel Kerf (PMGR) Date: 06-Dec-2014

Manager:

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