Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Registration: 19-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters). RECONCILE is also authorized to represent OSIENALA (Friends of Lake Victoria) an NGO located in Kisumu, and the Kenya Chapter of Ecovic (the East African Communities Organization for Management of Lake Victoria Resources) who represent communities living along the Kenya side of Lake Victoria. On November 9, 1999, the Requesters, at the request of the Chairman of the Panel, clarified some points surrounding the delivery of the Request. The Requesters claim that the communitie...

Complaint > Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit and Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support Project

Management Response: 37-Management Response (English)

...Request concerns two projects, the EESRSP (Credit No. 3824- DRC and Grant No. H064-DRC) and the TSERO (Report 33785- ZR). A third Credit, the Economic Recovery Credit (ERC) (Credit No.3660-DRC) is also mentioned in the Re- quest, and will be addressed in paragraph 53 below. 7. Relevance of the Projects to the Concerns Expressed in the Request. The focus of the Request relates to Bank support to DRC in the forest sector. More specifically, the Request says that the Bank is using these Proj...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 1st Request

Registration: 14-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ99/1 January 8, 1999 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection – BRAZIL: Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project (Loan No. 4147BR) The Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received on December 14, 1998 a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) dated December 10, ...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Eligibility: Management Report and Recommendation

...requestsfrom environmental/social specialists and the Legal Department. >’ (paragraph 16) The Agenda dated March 3 1,1993 for the Regional Loan Committee (RLC) Meeting of April 1. chaired by the Regional Vice President, specifically included the following: “On the social aspects, a question has been raised regarding the overall resettlement policy of NTPC. Does the R&R policy conform to O.D. 4.30? What assurances/actions should be obtained at appraisal?” These issues were di...

Complaint > Arun III Proposed Hydroelectric Project and Restructuring of IDA Credit

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...Request “[Ilf the Request appears to contain sufficient required information...”. While recognizing that there were deficiencies in the formalities, in accordance with this para, the Chairman, on L November 3, 1994, registered the Request in the Panel Register; notified the Requester, the Executive Directors and the President of IDA of the registration; and transmitted to the President a copy of the original Request together with faxed copies of the attachments and evidence of re...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Management Action Plan: Third Management Progress Report

...Request for Inspection of the TSDP. As some of the issues raised in the Request had not previously been communicated to Management, the Panel did not register the Request, to provide Management with an opportunity to address the concerns. On September 11, 2015, the Panel received another Request for Inspection (the Request), raising similar concerns. The Request was registered on September 28, 2015. The Request raised serious allegations, including road workers’ sexual relations with minor ...

Complaint > Boosting Human Capital and Productivity Development Policy Financing with a Deferred Drawdown Option

Filing: Request for Inspection

...Request for inspection Executive Secretary of the Inspection Panel \£40~~ To: Executive Secretary,- the Inspection Panel 1818 H Street NW, MSN 10-1007, Washington, DC 20433, USA Email: ipanel@worldbank.org 1. We Edwin Montenegro/ President of the Organizaci6n Regional de los Pueblos lndfgenas de la Amazonia Peruana (ORPIAN -P: Sa...

Complaint > Sustainable Development of Natural Resources - Additional Financing, and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources II

Filing: 83-Second Request for Inspection (English)

...Request for Inspection Several representatives of local community groups, as well as individual affected residents, are signatories to this request (see Appendix a). Additionally, Afghan citizens and individuals of Afghan descent living in the Diaspora are also signatories to this request because they believe that their cultural heritage is in imminent danger of being destroyed. In regard to livelihoods and public health, too, they ~: Cheryl Benard, Yama Jewayni, Karlyn Stanley, Elvira Lo ...

Complaint > Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit and Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support Project

Eligibility: 37- Management Report and Recommendations (English)

...Request was submitted by the Organisations Autochtones Pygmées et Accompagnant les Autochtones Pygmées en République Démocratique du Congo on their own behalf and on behalf of local communities living in the DRC (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. The Management responded to the claims in the Request on January 13, 2006. In its Report to the Board, the Panel found the Request eligible ...

Complaint > Paraguay/Argentina Reform Project for the Water and Telecommunication Sectors, SEGBA V Power Distribution Project (Yacyreta)

Filing: 26-Request for Inspection (English)

...requesting the support of this Council in its request for a visit by representatives from the Independent Inspection Panel of the World Bank and IDB. In this regard, the City Council, guided by the Opinion of the Special Task Force on Parties Affected by EBY, has decided to SUPPORT the request of the Federation of Persons Affected by the Yacyreta Dam in Itapúa and Misiones (FEDAYIM), in its request for a visit by representatives from the Independent Inspection Panel, for purposes of inspecting t...

Complaint > Energy Loss Reduction Project (Rogun HPP, Tajikistan)

Management Response: 70-Management Response (English)

...President, Republic of Uzbekistan President, IFC March 3, 2009 President, Republic of Uzbekistan President, World Bank March 30, 2009 President, IFC President, Republic of Uzbekistan March 3, 2009 President, Republic of Uzbekistan President, World Bank April 15, 2009 President, World Bank President, Republic of Uzbekistan Sept 11, 2009 Sector Manager, Energy, World Bank ...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Management Response: 57-Enhanced Action Plan - Status and Way Forward (English)

...Requesters and other interested stakeholders in June 2009 and the Requesters acknowledged receipt of this translation. A meeting with the Requesters was held on May 30, 2009 (during which the Requesters expressed their concerns and discussed ways to strengthen communications with the Bank). A further meeting took place on September 6,2009, during which progress in implementing the IRDPG was discussed in detail. Discussions revealed considerable distrust by the Requesters of the Government a...

Complaint > Tax Administration Reform Project

Filing: 64-Request for Inspection Annexes (English)

...President is the authority for determining the terms and conditions of the civil servants \vhereas this OM has not been issued with the approval of the President and the consent of the President is absent. Only the Prime .Minister has reportedly approved the summary about the impugned OM; w). That the OM kills the legitimate expectancy of the subordinate establishment ( of about 11000 personnel) of the eEG which b.as a right to move up in the specialized field; they are materially relevant...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Filing: 28-Request for Inspection (English)

...request for this information was, therefore, made by BFAR in a rrieeting un June 8,2001 among representatives of the MWCI arid of the agericiec that would constitcite the Multiparfite Monitoring Teaiii. (9 lia Minules of the said nieeling is h e t o attached as Anriex E) While inforrnation has b e ~ n received that dumping activities have recently resumed, we have not been provided with the information requested for, ti ...

Complaint > Madhya Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (2010) (First Request)

Registration: 72-Memorandum to the Executive Directors (English)

...Request for Inspection6 from Requesters representing a number of residents of Gwalior city. In accordance with its Operating Procedures,7 the Panel sought additional information from the Requesters and informed the Requesters once again of the need to make prior contact with Bank Management according to Panel procedures. The Requesters have since confirmed to the Panel that they have been in communication with Bank Management regarding the problems they are facing. 8 Subsequently, as e...

Complaint > Parana Biodiversity Project

Registration: 41-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”), dated June 23, 2006, related to the Brazil: Paraná Biodiversity Project (the “Project”) financed under the Global Environmental Facility (GEF Trust Fund No 051007). The Request was submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the State of Paraná, Brazil. The Requesters have asked the Panel that their names and their organization’s name be kept confidential. The Request for Inspection is composed of a...

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

Other: 51-Press Release (English)

...request were being addressed by Management without the need for a full investigation. In general, the Inspection Panel found that Bank Management and staff made significant efforts to address the issues raised by the Requesters, to achieve compliance with Bank policies and to engage in a constructive and forthcoming dialogue with the affected people. The Panel noted the positive way in which Management dealt with the complaint and strived for appropriate corrections during the Panel process. The...

Complaint > Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-Up Project, First Request

Other: 47-PowerPoint Presentation for Independent Accountability Mechanisms Meeting

...Request for Inspection registered i t db by th the P Panell iin July 2007 Management Response  Categorical assertion that there is " no direct or indirect linkage " between the Project and the demolitions in Jale Fact Finding Process Eligibility Phase:  Meeting with the Government and Construction Police  Meeting with the Requesters “You are crying now, but don't worry, you will be eating with a silver spoon soon, as this is part ...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Other: 44-Press Release

...President Robert B. Zoellick. “I welcome the report of the Inspection Panel on how to focus our efforts on improving the Bujagali project. We can demonstrate that the World Bank Group can help develop vital clean energy sources while safeguarding other environmental and local concerns.” Responding to a request from the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), a Ugandan non-governmental organization, the Inspection Panel investigated the World Bank’s compliance with its oper...

Complaint > Mine Closure and Social Mitigation Project

Registration: 39-Notice of Registration (English)

...request that the Panel recommend an investigation to the Board of Executive Directors. With regard to the Bank’s failure to comply with its operational Policies and Procedures, the Requesters state that they are unable to be specific about relevant policies because they have not been able to access Project documents. However, the Requesters 2 In the Request, the Requesters refer to the more recent World Bank-financed “Mine Closure, Environmental and Socio-Economic Regeneration Proje...