The International Energy Agency (IEA) has notes, renewed hydropower investment requires Revenue sharing allows highlighted the potential future role of sustainable increased public acceptance and a key dimension of affected communities to hydropower in meeting energy demands and this is improving the livelihoods of affected people. [...] The second The key to social developers can — and component is a share of the revenue during the should — do better in operations phase that can be used to address acceptance is the provision offering development unforeseen issues, support emerging livelihood opportunities for local opportunities, repair resettlement infrastructure of clear development people. [...] revenues (eg a certain percentage), whereas taxes are paid independent of the volume of electricity sales.14 In Nepal, royalty payments are dependent on the Each of the categories is linked to a different set installed capacity of a hydropower plant and annual electricity generation, and of decision makers and governance structures. [...] IIED Briefing The timeline from compensation Local institutions often lack the immediate capacity to benefit sharing to manage funds transferred to them by a developer in an accountable, participatory and transparent The dynamics of compensation and benefit sharing manner. [...] This should be Products are initially the actor best prepared to deal with the a more explicit component of ESIA processes than specific challenges and disruptions that a new dam it has been, where the developer is often seen as brings, and they often have previous experience the principal ‘operator’ that delivers development The International Institute with dams.
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