This book evaluates the effectiveness of environmental and social impact assessment systems in developing countries using a new comprehensive approach termed by the authors as integrated holistic framework.

The launch of the report, Making Free Prior & Informed Consent a Reality: Indigenous Peoples and the Extractive Sector took place at Middlesex University in London on 2nd May 2013 (see http://int.piplinks.org/london-launch-research-paper-indigenous-peoples-and-mining).

This is a monthly scan of issues, public reports, trends and events for planners, policy makers interested in social impacts. Originally developed for social planners in Australia, it draws on a number of international, largely English speaking, sources.

This is a handbook for social impact assessment practitioners, principally for people preparing SIAs but also for people commissioning or reviewing SIAs. It deals with foundation issues, methodological issues and pitfalls and ethical issues encountered in practice.

The Centre for Regional Engagement at the University of SA, together with the CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRCREP) is offering a PhD scholarship through the CRC REP research program entitled: Enduring Community Value from Mining.

The World Resources Institute just released Ecosystem Services Review for Impact Assessment: Introduction and Guide to Scoping. WRI invites social practitioners to use this method and provide feedback on how to better reflect the social aspects of ecosystem services throughout the impact assessment process.

The IFC's Sustainability Framework was updated in 2011 to reflect good practice, help protect people and the environment, promote transparency and accountability, and support clients in managing risks and doing business in a sustainable way. The updated framework will be disclosed August 1, 2011, with effective date January 1, 2012.