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dc.contributor.authorIribagiza, Molly
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-11T07:00:31Z
dc.date.available2021-05-11T07:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-16
dc.identifier.citationIribagiza, M. (2020). Assessing the Implementation of International Finance Cooperation Performance Standard 5 (IFC PS 5) in Land Acquisition. (Unpublished undergraduate dissertation) Makerere University. Kampala, Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10640
dc.descriptionA research dissertation submitted to the department of Construction Economics and Management for the award of Bachelor of Science in Land Economics of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe International Finance Corporation or IFC, is the private sector arm of the World Bank Group andsharesitsmissiontoreduceglobalpoverty.Toachievetheirpurpose,IFCoffersdevelopment- impact solutions through firm-level interventions, direct investments, advisory services, and the IFC Asset Management Company. IFC coordinates its activities with other institutions of the World Bank Group but is legally and financially independent.(“IFC and Private Sector Funding – General Inquiries,”n.d.) The IFC Performance Standards are an international benchmark for identifying and managing environmentalandsocialriskandhasbeenadoptedbymanyorganizationsasakeycomponentof their environmental and social risk management.(IFC Performance Standards _ FIRST for Sustainability,n.d.) The IFC’s sustainability framework articulates the corporation’s strategic commitment to sustainable development and is an integral part of IFC’s approach to risk management. The sustainabilityframeworkcomprisesofIFC’spolicyandperformancestandardsonEnvironmental and social sustainability and IFC’s access to information policy. The performance standards are directedtowardsclientsprovidingguidanceonhowtoidentifyrisksandimpactsasawayofdoing business in a sustainable way including stakeholder engagement and disclosure obligations of the clientinrelationtoprojectlevelactivities.IFCrequiresclientstoapplytheperformancestandards to manage environmental and social risks and impacts so that development opportunities are enhanced.(IFC, 2012b) Together, the eight performance standards establish the standards that the client is to meet throughout the life of an investment by IFC. Performance standard (PS) 1; looks at assessment and management of environmental and social risks and impacts. PS2; Deals with labor and working conditions, PS3; Studies Resource efficiency and Pollution prevention, PS4; community health, safety, and security. PS5; land acquisition and involuntary resettlement. PS6; Biodiversity 2 conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources. PS7; Indigenous people. PS8; Cultural heritage.(IFC, 2012b)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectInternational Finance Cooperation Performance standard 5en_US
dc.subjectCompulsory land Acquisitionen_US
dc.titleAssessing the Implementation of International Finance Cooperation Performance Standard 5 (IFC PS 5) in Land Acquisitionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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