Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Second Management Progress Report

...Climate GoU disclosed the Lake Change and Victoria hydrological (water Hydrology releases) starting in 2008, and Risks; Potential since then, the information has Impacts on Lake been made available to the EAC Victoria; on a regular basis. Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND STATUS 4. The U ganda Private Power Generation ( ...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Compliance Report: 16-Investigation Report (English)

...changed. In each case in which the autonomous status was changed, it involved a request by the autonomous area to be upgraded to a municipality (which is not eligible to be treated as an autonomous area) or a request by the minority nationality for the entire community to be moved to another area.8 Thus, the Commission advised that mere changes in numbers or concentration of the minority nationality living in the area do not trigger the loss of s...

Complaint > Anvil Mining Congo, SARL-01/World Bank President Request

Compliance Review: Environmental Impact Assessment, Dikulushi Copper Silver Project, April 2003

...Change 1992; * UN Fra ework Convention on Climate (signed 1997); * UN Co vention to Combat Desertification 1989); * UN Co vention on the Law of the Sea (signed on Ozone Layer Protection); * Montre I Protocol 1987 (UN Convention 1994; and * Interna ional Tropical Timber Agreement 1998. * The R s...

Complaint > Lonmin-02/Marikana

Filing: Complaint regarding Lonmin project

...climate change and has also committed to reduce energy consumption by 10% in 2007 compared with 2003 baseline levels. Certain areas of the project do have the potential to impact ambient conditions (eg: dust from tailings dams and smelter emissions). Appropriate strategies to minimize these and other impacts have been taken, for example measures to minimize dust from tailings dams (see below) whilst SOX emissions fro...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Management Action Plan: 54-Second Management Response and Report on Progress (English)

...climate reforms to generate growth, and the need to pursue the restruc- turing of other parastatals, additional financing of US$60 million was approved for the project in April 2008, and the project was extended at that time to December 31, 2012. The purpose of the additional financing was to support investment climate reform activi- ties and jump start the reform of SNCC, the public railway, while a proposed World Bank-financed transport operation was being prepared. The Mid-Term Review of June...

Complaint > Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 3rd Request

Eligibility: 51-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...changes at high trafficked intersections – National Roads 34 and Rosario Santa Fe Freeway – and overpasses for railroad crossings; (v) ground-level interchanges at intersections with provincial and rural roads; and (vi) turn lanes and returns at intervals of about 4-6 kilometers to facilitate safe access to properties along the corridor.  Component 2 – Institutional Strengthening (estimated cost US$ 2.8 million, ...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Eligibility: 67-Eligibility Report (English)

...Climate Change (UNFCCC).10 8. The Project consists of a 70 MW run-of-river11 hydropower plant, located on the Laja River; 8 km downstream of the existing Rucúe hydropower plant (160 MW). The Quilleco power plant is designed for a water flow of 130m3/s taken from the water discharged from the Rucúe plant. The project will generate on average about 422 GWh per year, with a firm power capacity of approximately 47 MW. The Project will feed into the Central Interconnected Sys...

Complaint > Comsur V-01/Bosque Chiquitano

Eligibility: Assessment Report, Regarding COMSUR/Don Mario Mine, November 2003

...change with the company on what policies it would need to comply with. While the mining department may have hoped that this would keep IFC out of the spotlight it betrayed the commitment that comes with IFC partnership. The question of implementation and supervision of Safeguard Policies where IFC maintains only an equity position has been raised by the CAO in the Safeguard Policy Review, in briefings to Senior Management of IFC in two previous cases before the Ombudsman. The issue has also been...

Complaint > BTC Pipeline-13/Tsalka

Eligibility: English

...climate conditions and soil characteristics were not adequately taken into consideration when locating the worker’s camp. The complainants contend that the actions of Spie Capag Petrofac (SPJV, the construction company) during camp construction in Tsalka have caused flooding of the complainants’ houses (see Complaint Issue I). Fundamentally, the complaint alleges that SPJV did not construct adequate rainwater catchments and collection systems at the Tsalka camp, and destroyed the old drainage ch...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...change and shifting priorities took their toll on execution. Lack of cooperation among different agencies and the politicization of resettlement caused additional problems. As a consequence of these factors, long delays and cost overruns affected implementation. Current program costs are estimated at more than double the o r i g d estimates and approximately 3,560 of the 5,800 farming families affected by the dam are still awaiting completion of imgation on their lots. Nevertheless, dur...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, and Petroleum Environment Capacity Enhancement Project

Eligibility: 27-Eligibility Report (English)

...changes were made in the pipeline route to avoid sensitive natural habitats, and indigenous groups. These changes were incorporated in the 1999 EA/EMP. According to Management, the EA adopted a method which avoids or minimizes the costs of environmental damage in the selection of the preferred alternatives for each component and for the Pipeline Project as a whole. 36. Management recognizes the gaps in the baseline data collected in the 1997 EA and ...

Complaint > None

Policy Document: Social and Environmental Compliance Unit Investigation Guidelines (IG)

...Climate Change & Disaster Resilience”, “Development Impact & Effectiveness”, and “Gender Equality”. SECU’s historical experience, and the experiences within the development community, have shown certain categories of development activity raise social and environmental issues more than others. The budget allocations within these categories can provide a useful and objective approach to target refinement. Governance Indicators Governance indicators can reflect country capacity and political willi...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...changes in hydrology and disruption of river continuity; (b) potential cumulative impacts on water use, including ecotourism and rafting activities, due to changes in hydrology and barrier effects of the dams; (c) potential cumulative impact on estuary habitat due to sediment deposits related to the erosion caused by the Project; (d) potential changes in water quality due to sediments and residues from the drilling process; (e) absence of an understanding of the cumulati...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, and Petroleum Environment Capacity Enhancement Project

Filing: 27-Request for Inspection (English)

...climate change. Furthermore, the potential impacts of possible oil accidents have not been analysed. Preparation of the emergency plan in the event of an oil leak was conducted without the slightest public consultation. • The environmental impact study has not undertaken an analysis of the cumulative and overall impacts of the project. For example, it has not taken sufficient account of the operations for exploiting oil in the Ebomé region (Kribi), and no study of the alterna...

Complaint > Integrated Disaster and Land Management

Registration: 101-Notice of Non-Registration(English)- 2 March 2015

...Climate Change Activities (USD 3,703,703). The total amount allocated for the Project is USD 16,947,407. The Project’s closing date is February 18, 2016. 9. According to the Project Appraisal Document (PAD), the Project “will benefit communities living in flood-prone areas in all five regions of Togo (Savanna, Maritime, Plateau, Central, and Kara). The project will also benefit communities settled in the buffer zones of selected protected areas as well as farmers in selected rural areas.” 1...

Complaint > Agrokasa-01/Ica

Eligibility: Assessment Report - Complaints Regarding the Sociedad Agricola Drokasa S.A., Project #26821 ('Agrokasa'), Ica Valley, Peru, December 2009

...climate change and its expected impacts. This assessment draws attention to the World Bank WRM project because a number of the issues it seeks to address are also raised in the CAO complaints. Both the WRM project and the 9 signatories to the CAO complaints have an expressed goal of strengthening the government‟s capacity to manage its water resources, and establishing a participatory mechanism for protecting the aquifer and preventing and ma...

Complaint > Northern Corridor Highway Improvement Program - Santa Barbara - Rurrenabaque and San Buenaventura

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...climate changes and increased deforestation. Year after year, this region has seen extreme phenomena occurring with a higher frequency -- torrential rains and increased river flows that are creating situations as the floods we are experimenting these days, posing serious life-threatening risks to the people who live in Rurrenabaque and any neighboring municipalities. This bridge project also poses risks to the mountain areas that are regarded as a ...

Complaint > Development of the Industry of Products of the Vegetable Sponge

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...change of information via e‐mail, as well as by telephone and video‐conference, as needed over the course of the assessment; b) Interviews, discussions, and preparation sessions with the Requester, as well as bilateral exchanges with the Country Office; c) A working meeting for information‐sharing among all parties involved, via video‐ conference; d) A visit to the Loofah S.A. factory; and e) Compilation and analysis of the documentation received. 2.3 ...

Complaint > Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 3

Compliance Report: CRP's Final Report in English[PDF] and in Georgian [PDF]

...Climate Change Department SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement TOR – Terms of Reference WBG EHS – 2007 Environmental, Health, and Safety General Guidelines of the (Guidelines) World Bank Group WHO – World Health Organization WEIGHTS AND MEASURES dBA – A-weighted decibels km ...

Complaint > Proposed Kosovo Power Project and Second Additional Financing Energy Sector Clean-up and Land Reclamation Project

Management Response: 103-Management Report and Recommendation

...changes in the configuration of the proposed KRPP are now being discussed between GoK and the private investor. These changes have rendered parts of the draft ESIA outdated. The draft ESIA is based on a 2x300 MW plant configuration and on the assumption that Kosovo A will be closed down. The draft ESIA would need to be revised and updated in detail by the KRPP private investor to reflect any new KRPP design, specifically regarding the chosen technology and plant capacity and including relevant e...