APPENDIX
A1: Objectives and Method of RAN’s Counter Survey to the PAP’s
Survey
1.
Survey aims and objectives
The
aim of the present survey was to appraise the appropriateness of the PAP
consultation process offered by the Cambodian
Government, to determine the levels of compensation offered to
communities and to evaluate the communities’ feelings towards the
offered compensation package. The
results of the survey will be used to determine whether the standards as
defined by JICA for resettlement processes were attained.
Specific
objectives of the survey were to evaluate:
-
Extent of negative impacts that communities who are to be affected by the project may suffer;
-
Level of information provided to the communities by the PAP’s survey team;
-
Atmosphere under which the PAP’s survey was conducted and whether intimidation was a factor;
-
Affected communities feelings towards the compensation package offered to them;
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How empowered communities were to negotiate resettlement compensation packages (participation in the decision making process);
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To determine the criteria by which compensation packages for land loss were allocated and the implications of these criteria
-
How able communities felt to air grievance about the resettlement process
2.
Questionnaire development
The
questionnaire was developed by Phoung Sok Ka, COMFREL, Kol Leakhana, NGO
Forum on Cambodia, and Rena Sugita, Mekong Watch. The questionnaire was
initially drafted by the RAN research team in consultation with
experienced resettlement caseworkers.
The questionnaire was pre-tested and then adapted according to
post-field evaluation by the RAN research team.
The questionnaire is detailed in Appendix A2.
3.
Method and scope
The
survey was conducted on the 22nd and 23rd
September 2004 by the RAN survey team on a personal interview basis. The
survey locations were selected based on information from local
communities about where the PAP’s survey had been conducted. The
survey team was transported by car, and each time 2-3 team members were
dropped off at point a few hundred meters after the other members were
previously dropped off. Team members walked along the road, and asked
people along the road whether or not they had previously been asked by
the PAP’s survey team for their thumb-print for agreement to a
compensation package. Only people who reported that they have been
interviewed by the PAP’s survey team were selected for the survey.
In total, 74 people were interviewed from 8 villages in 3
communes in 2 districts in Kandal Province (see table below).
No duplication of interviewees was found in the interview
samples.
The
spatial scope of the survey was limited by time constraints and survey
team size. Information
regarding the actual number of families who have thumb-printed
resettlement compensation packages is not available from JICA.
The counter survey covers 11 percents of the total affected
residents in the 8 villages where the RAN team conducted the survey as
shown at the Table A1. It must be recognized however that certain
information, such as the ability of respondents to move to land
behind their present houses to
resettle, may not be generalized so readily. [Top]
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Table
A1: Survey location and number of respondents in Kandal Province |
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|
District |
Commune |
Village |
Number
of respondents |
Number
of affected families* |
|
Leik
Deik |
Kampong
Phnom |
Ampel
Teik |
9 |
-- |
|
Kampong
Por |
12 |
-- |
||
|
Kbar
Choy |
4 |
-- |
||
|
Subtotal |
25 |
261 |
||
|
Prek
Tum Loab |
Kampong
Chamlon |
8 |
-- |
|
|
Spein
Deik |
1 |
-- |
||
|
Subtotal |
9 |
31 |
||
|
Kien
Svay |
Samrong
Thom |
Samrong
K’ei |
12 |
125 |
|
Prek
Treing |
14 |
155 |
||
|
Steing |
14 |
74 |
||
|
Subtotal |
40 |
354 |
||
|
Total |
74 |
646 |
||
*
Number of affected families was made available to the survey team by the
commune chiefs.
4.
List of participants in counter survey to “PAP’s Survey”
Phong
Sok Ka (Survey Team Leader), COMFREL
Lim
Chhay, NGO Forum on Cambodia
El
Yousos, NICFEC
Meas
Manith, NICFEC
Ros
Chanthy, NICFEC
Prum
Thy, KTO
Yeap
Malyno, KTO
Sauth
Sophon, CDCam
Seng
Sambo, CDCam
Chay
Chet, KIFHRDA
[Top]
APPENDIX
A2: Survey Questionnaire for RAN Research on PAP’s Survey
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Code Nº1:
……….….National Road No. 1
Date of Interview……../September 2004 Interviewer’s
name…………………………………..….… Checked by: name…………………………………..…….Date……../September
2004 |
1.
Process and Results of PAP’s Survey [Find the head of the
household]
1.1
Has a team of people come to you and asked for your thumbprint for
compensation agreement?
o
Yes
o
No [end interview]
o
Don’t remember [end interview]
1.2
Did you agree or disagree with the compensation amount to the survey team?
o
Agreed
o
Disagreed
o
Did not answer to the survey team
o
Cannot answer
1.3
Did you receive a receipt (blue strip) from the survey team?
o
Yes [Ask the respondent to show, and fill in the information below]
o
No
o
Cannot answer
1.4
When did a team of people come to you and asked for your thumbprint for
compensation agreement?
o
Before July 2004
o
July 2004
o
August 2004
o
September 2004
1.5
Did the survey team include any of the following people? [Explain each
option. More than one answers allowed]
o
Police
o
Local Authority
o
Governmental Official
o
Japanese Government Official/JICA/Consultant
o
Other
o
Don’t know
2.
Information about the
Respondent [Top]
2.1
Name of the Respondent………………….. o
Disabled o
Widow
2.2
Where is your house located?
House
Nº………Village…………………..
Commune…………………..District……………………o
Left o
Right
2.3
How many people in your family earn income?
o
1 person
o
2 people
o
3 people
o
Over 3 people
2.4
What are your and your family members’ occupation(s)? [more than one
answer allowed]
o
Government officer
o
Worker (including labor, company employee, NGO staff)
o
Small business owner (small shop, taxi driver, motorcycle taxi driver)
o
Large business owner
o
Farmer/fisher
o
Others
3.
Compensation
3.1
Did the survey team tell you how much area will be affected for
construction?
o
Yes. How many meters from the center of the road? _______m
o
No
o
Cannot answer
3.2
Do you have to move? [Top]
o
Yes
o
No [go to 3.6]
o
Cannot answer
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3.3 Who has the land behind your house?
o
You have the land behind your house
o
Your neighbor or someone has the land behind your house
o
I don’t know
o
Cannot answer
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3.4 Can you move behind your house?
o
Yes [go to 3.6]
o
No
o
Cannot answer
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3.5 Where will you move?
o
Your land somewhere else.
o
You have money to buy land somewhere else
o
You will find a place to rent
o
You will move to your friend’s or relative’s house
o
I don’t know
o
Cannot answer
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3.6 Did the survey team tell you the total amount of compensation you will
receive?
o
Yes. How much? US$___________________
o
No
o
Don’t know
3.7
What did the survey team tell you about what you will be compensated for?
[Explain each option. More than one answers allowed]
o
Loss of land [If yes, go to 3.8. If
no, go to 3.10]
o
Loss of other assets (including house, tree, wells, etc.)
o
Moving cost
o
Income you may lose during the relocation and/or construction
o
Special compensation for disabled/widowed
o
Others (specify)____________________________________________
o
Don’t know
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3.8 What did the survey team tell you about what will you receive
for loss of your land? [Explain each option]
o
Land from government (If yes, go to 3.9, if no, go to 3.10)
o
Cash compensation
o
Other
o
Don’t know
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3.9 Did the survey team tell you where the land from government is?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Don’t know
3.10
For assets you are compensated for, can you buy the same assets you will
lose or move your assets with the amount of compensation?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Don’t know
3.11
Is there any asset(s) besides land that will be affected but will not be
compensated? [Top]
o
Yes
o
No. (Specify)________________________________________________________
o
Don’t know
3.12
Did you ask the survey team to change the amount of compensation?
o
Yes (go to 3.13)
o
No (go to 3.14)
o
Don’t know (go to 3.14)
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3.13 Did the survey team change the amount of your compensation?
o
Amount was increased.
o
Amount was decreased.
o
Amount did not change
3.14
Did you read at the agreement document?
o
Yes [go to 4.15]
o
No [go to 4.16]
o
Cannot answer [go to 3.16]
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3.15 Did you understand the agreement document?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Cannot answer
3.16
Did the survey team read the agreement document to you?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Cannot answer
3.17
Did you receive the copy of the agreement document?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Cannot answer
3.18
Did the survey team tell you when you have to move or remove your assets?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Don’t know
3.19
Did the survey team tell you when construction will start?
o
Yes
o
No
o
Don’t know
4.
Basis of Decision-making of the Affected People [Top]
4.1
[Ask if the respondent AGREED to the survey team]
Why
did you agree to the survey team? [First ask the question and let the
respondent speak. Explain each option; more than one answer allowed]
o
You will receive compensation for all assets you will lose, and the
compensation amount is enough to buy the same things.
o
You are happy to receive some compensation.
o
You want to follow government’s rules
o
You want road construction
o
All the neighbors agreed
o
It is not possible to disagree
o
You were scared to disagree
o
Government will take your house and/or assets for the road construction
regardless of your will
o
You will not lose much assets so you don’t care about compensation
o
Others
o
Cannot answer
4.2
[Ask if the respondent DISAGREED to the survey team]
Why
did you disagree to the survey team? [First ask the question and let the
respondent speak. Explain
each option; more than one answer allowed]
o
You will not receive compensation for all assets you will lose,
o
The compensation amount is noy enough to buy the same assets you will lose
o
You do not agree with the road construction
o
You do not want to relocate
o
You do not have a place to move
o
Others
o
Cannot answer
4.3
What do you think would happen if you disagreed? [First ask the question
and let the respondent speak. Explain each option; more than one answer allowed]
o
You or your family member will be hurt
o
You or your family member will be arrested
o
There will be some negative impacts to your or your family’s position in
the political party or government
o
There will be some negative impacts to your or your family’s business
o
You will not receive compensation at all and have to pay for cost to
remove assets
o
You will not receive compensation at all