Poverty and Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) and Energy Demand Assessment for Mongolia’s Energy Sector Restructuring

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Start Date:
2004

Completion date:
2004

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No

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Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Co-ordinator, Team Leader) involved and functions performed
Dr. Enkh-Amgalan, Team Leader, Centre for Policy Research

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:
The overarching objective of this Poverty & Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) is to evaluate poverty and social impact of the activities proposed for the energy sector reform.      In particular, the PSIA will examine consumption levels, priority needs, interests and level of satisfaction in regards to energy sources and services for those communities. The study will focus on existing regional, income level, gender, and other dimensions of energy consumption and its availability. It will also include a detailed analysis of institutional arrangements relevant to the management of energy sources and use, existing constraints, as well as government’s capability to undertake and sustain efforts to improve energy sector performance.

Detailed Description of Actual Services provided by your Company:

• Organized SSIs (semi-structured individual interviews) and FGDs (focus group discussions) among the selected communities of Mongolia to evaluate key poverty and social development impacts of new initiatives that have been proposed by the World Bank to improve energy sector in the country.

• Completed the survey  in Ulaanbaatar city, Umnugobi aimag, Bayankhongor aimag and Khovd aimag
• The survey in the Umnugobi aimag covered 200 households and  included data on Incomes, Types and Degree of Perceived Impacts
• Developed Stakeholder Analyses Matrix and Social Impacts and Mitigation Matrix