Complaint > Arun III Proposed Hydroelectric Project and Restructuring of IDA Credit

Compliance Report: Investigation Report (English)

...compensation, “Bank experience with compensation exclusively in money has been negative.... The need for forms of compensation other than cash is most apparent in the case of tribal or other minority populations whose ancestral lands are expropriated by the State.” From virtually all writings, it was essential for IDA to insist on adequate non- cash compensation in the Arun Valley, and yet when the land was acquired on the Hill route, the only compensation identified so far was cash -- no land, ...

Complaint > Arun III Proposed Hydroelectric Project and Restructuring of IDA Credit

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...cash compensation was already failing in case of the Hill Route and that the Valley Route people will have even less ability to deal with cash because they are poorer: this raises whole question of land for land compensation and actual implementation. According to the Request the law is basically limited to cash compensation and PAFs are not being informed of a land ~ p t i o n . ~The ’ Requesters are not aware L that any socio-economic survey has been done to determine value of lan...

Complaint > Arun III Proposed Hydroelectric Project and Restructuring of IDA Credit

Management Response: Management Response (English)

...compensation, and all PAFs are being offered full cash compensation for their land. 23. Despite efforts t o minimize land acquisition, some families face permanent loss of land. The t y p e of compensation provided - cash versus land - depends on the significance o f land in the affected family's income-earning activities. However, the actual value o f compensation paid will be same whether it is paid in cash or in kind (land); all valuations are done according t o st...