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Fewer households are able to resist and cope with economic shocks and emergencies - 2
Increase in development aid/investment in the community from new government, donors,
investors (additional to carbon project-related investment)
+ 2
Rural population maintained (due to in-migration and/or slowed rate of out-migration to
urban areas resulting from increased incomes and/or employment opportunities)
+ 2
Increased in community spending on education (as a result of carbon payments, cash crops,
and/or employment)
+ 2
School or other educational infrastructure established or improved (due to carbon payments
in cash or kind)
+ 2
Improved levels of literacy or education + 2
Improvement in quality of housing (from investment of cash income) + 2
Improvement in communications services/infrastructure (from household and/or
community investment, and/or improved infrastructure)
+ 2
Electrical grid/generation and/or distribution established or improved (from community
investment)
+ 2
Wells and/or water supply infrastructure established or improved (from household or
community investment)
+ 2
Increase in gender equality in social organizations and productive enterprises + 2
Change in gender equality (benefits capture, workload, decision making, spending, etc.) +/- 2
Increase in social tensions due to disproportionate distribution of opportunity costs - 2
Increase in social conflict due to land speculation and/or in-migration in project area - 2
Decrease in social conflict + 2
Improved recognition and respect for human rights + 2
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