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Frequently Asked Questions
How do we identify Indigenous Peoples and whether OD 4.20 is applicable?
Task team leaders should contact regional specialist responsible for indigenous peoples issues, especially if their proposed projects are to be sighted in remote rural areas usually occupied by indigenous communities. The specialists, if they do not possess specific knowledge, can put one in contact with other specialist outside the Bank. Contacts can be made with relevant Government institutions responsible with indigenous peoples or ethnic minorities, policies and indigenous organizations. Legal staff may also be consulted for precedence for interpreting the policy and its applicability.
Under what circumstances is an Indigenous Peoples Development Plan for the project needed?
Under Indigenous Peoples OD 4.20 the borrower is expected to prepare an indigenous peoples development plan for any project where the indigenous peoples are among the beneficiaries and which could potentially have an adverse effect on the health, productive resources, economies and cultures of indigenous peoples. Such risks are usually identified through social assessment by competent specialist, as well as consultations with the affected indigenous populations. In certain cases where entire projects are directed toward indigenous peoples as beneficiaries, the project itself forms an indigenous peoples development plan, and is designed according to requirements of the policies.
What is the Indigenous Peoples Development Plans?
An indigenous peoples development plan is a set of activities designed in consultation with indigenous peoples, and often financed under the project with the intention of mitigating adverse impact and ensuring culturally appropriate services. Such activities might include land regularization, capacity building, providing health, micro credit, technical assistance in productive activities, and other human services. In some cases, especially where there are multiple ethnic groups living in the same region or community, general community action plans are substituted for indigenous peoples development plans. A more detailed discussion of the prerequisite and content can be found in OD 4.20. (para 14-15).
Where can I get more information on good examples of IPDPs?
Information is available through regional specialists, and is also listed under key documents of this website. Examples of such plans are the Nicaragua Atlantic Corridor Project, India: Orissa Water Resources Consolidation Project, Vietnam Forest Protection and Rural Development Project.
What approaches have been adopted when the people in the project area are ethnically diverse?
In many situations, a project is being prepared in an ethnic diverse area where several groups occupy the same villages or communities. In these cases, community action plans are often developed which provide services to all members of the community but are designed to take into account the specific social, cultural and linguistic diversity of these communities.
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