Uganda’s SEP specifically lists Iks and Batwas, which are two IPs in Uganda. The Gambia’s lists “Disadvantaged groups that meet the requirements of ESS7” which refers to affected indigenous peoples. Cambodia’ SEP lists IPs as an affected party, but not as a “disadvantaged and vulnerable” group. Those living in remote or rural areas People or communities “in remote or rural areas” are listed in seven SEPs: Liberia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Cambodia, and Nepal. Migrants Migrants are listed only in the Guatemala SEP. Refugees Refugees are listed in two SEPs: for Burkina Faso and Uganda. Liberia’s lists “internally displaced people.” Those who are economically disadvantaged Different terms are used to refer to people who are economically disadvantaged: “people living in poverty”; “poor, economically marginalized, and disadvantaged groups”; “people living below the poverty line”; and “poor households”. Seven SEPs include one of these terms: Bangladesh, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Nepal. The Gambia’s lists “the unemployed” and Uganda lists “jobless people.” (Sri Lanka’s, in addition to listing “people living below the poverty line” lists “unemployed and homeless” and “daily wage earners”) Those who depend on unique natural resources Though dependency on natural resources is listed as a cause of vulnerability in the documents’ definitions of vulnerable status (except for The Gambia’s SEP), no SEP includes those who have this dependency in its list of “disadvantaged / vulnerable individuals or groups.” Other groups Liberia SEP: least educated people and drug addicts (also in Bangladesh) Bangladesh SEP: people living en masse in close quarters (hostels and prisons) (prisons also mentioned in Uganda), illiterate people, drug addicts (also in Liberia) The Gambia SEP: veterans of war, caregivers of BANK INFORMATION CENTER | MAR 2021 persons with disabilities (also in Uganda) Sri Lanka SEP: Veddas (forest dwellers), daily wage earners, the homeless Burkina Faso SEP: “people living with limited instruction”6 Uganda SEP: sex workers, people in prisons (also in Bangladesh), caregivers of persons with disabilities (also in The Gambia) Nepal SEP: disaster-affected populations B. Information Disclosure and Accessibility 1. Additional languages and formats for project information disclosure While the SEPs that were examined went into different amounts of detail about the types of information that should be disclosed and how certain information should be targeted at different stakeholders, this report focuses on whether SEPs provided any indication that they would use additional languages and formats to share information to different groups, and if there would be an effort to have documents in a format that is easy for stakeholders to read and understand. All SEPs except The Gambia made a broad reference to providing information in an “appropriate format” and/or that the implementing agencies should provide information that is “understandable and accessible.” Three SEPs identified specific languages and formats the projects would use to disseminate messages and disclose information: 1. The Guatemala SEP says it will provide messages in indigenous languages, subtitles for persons with disabilities, and sign language.7 It also notes that a team will work to ensure that communications are “culturally, socially and linguistically pertinent and effectively delivered” to indigenous peoples.8 The original SEP itself, however, was only in English. A Spanish version was disclosed in November, and was not disclosed in any indigenous languages. 2. The El Salvador SEP mentions that 6 The SEP does not provide any information about who is included in the definition of “people living with limited instruction.” See Burkina Faso SEP, p. 9 7 Cavagnero, “SEP - Guatemala COVID-19 Project,” 7-8. 8 Cavagnero, “SEP - Guatemala COVID-19 Project,” 9. 37