Kali Gandaki “A” Hydroelectric Project

ADB should consider promoting complementary rural development initiatives in project-impacted areas with indicators of outcome derived from the impact assessment process. Agencies to be involved in implementing these initiatives should be preferably located at the district or village level. ADB should not rely on the “polluter pays” principle or on compliance mechanisms to implement its safeguards. Where feasible and government support exists, safeguards should be integrated in development initiatives in the same way that rural development projects are approached except that the design basis of these initiatives should be from an impact assessment perspective.