Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Third Report and Recommendation(English)

...Climate Resilient Flood Mitigation. The objective of this proposed component would be to build sustainable and climate resilient infrastructure in Amaravati City by supporting its integration with the natural surroundings, riverfront, and greenery. This component would finance: (i) flood mitigation works that include improving the carrying capacity of 26.5 km of the Kondaveeti Vagu River and its inflowing streams, including Erravagu, Kootella Vagu,...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project

Compliance Report: 84 - Investigation Report (English)

...change in terminology within the Project came from the GoK and that this change would have no substantive implications for the Project. The Bank “explained repeatedly that the use of the term “VMGP” does not in any way diminish the benefits and protections available” to members of the Cherangany-Sengwer community who opposed the change.96 162. Nevertheless, Indigenous Peoples leaders remained concerned, and at a Regional Consultation Workshop held in Nakuru in March 2012 supported by a Managemen...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...changes in the cylinders, a change in urine density; we can find a change in the pH, within the important phases, and the leukocyturias, that don't have an established etiologic cause. That should get our attention and start us to investigate.” (Phys 5) When asked about standards for diagnosis and treatment of CKD, seven of the ten physicians said they do not have access to national or regional CKD protocols or guidelines. Two physicians sa...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Management Response: 54-Réponse de la Direction (Français)

...change virtuel de 200 FC pour 1 dollar. Avec un taux de change au prix du marché de 360 FC pour 1 dollar au moment du calcul, la Gécamines avait la possibilité d’alléger ses charges salariales en équiva- lent dollar. Dans ses calculs, J. Catry proposait de : i) payer l’enveloppe des indemnités de licenciement en dollars, ce qui permettait aux bénéficiaires de courir moins de risque de dépréciation monétaire ; et ii) recourir à un taux de change de 360 FC pour 1 dollar. • L...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Action Plan: 34-Second Management Progress Report Annex (English)

...changes in habitat and changes in the chemical-biological profile of the dhands might mean for these species. Despite the remarkable recovery of Nurri Lagoon in 2006, the precipitous declines in the number of birds and species since 2001 is likely to be indicative of important changes in habitat and possibly the chemical and biological profile of the dhands, but the knowledge base does not exist to determine what these may be, and hence, at present it is not really possible to develop and implem...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...change over time. Changes in the implementation plan now guarantee an improved, more confidential, and more reliable consultation and decision-making input process. The second question raised by the Request was in regard to whether any meaningful consultations are possible in the political context of China. As illustrated above in the context of this Project, in Management’s judgement, consultations with affected people can be effectively carried out in China as envisaged in, and for the purpose...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Filing: Request for Inspection (English)

...change not compensated 9 Cl (mg/l) 1.2 1 1 change not compensated 10 SO4 (mg/l) 35.9 21.1 19.6 change not compensated 11 Sodium (mg/l) 10 2.1 2.6 change not compensated 12 Potassium (mg/l) 3 2.3 2.2 change not compensated 13 PO4 (mg/l) 0.031 0.036 0.048 change not...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...changes have favored the success of the Nile perch and contributed to the extinction of endemic fish species. Although the water quality changes may have favored the establishment of the Nile perch, reports of more frequent fish kills in recent years have raised questions on the sustainability of the fishery. While ecosystemic changes are well documented, the causes for these changes are uncertain because basic data have not been acquired over time on the quantity and quality of water input from...

Complaint > Mongolia Mining Infrastructure Investment Support (P118109) and Mining Infrastructure Investment Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: 102-Second Report and Recommendation(English)

...change and redistribute the annual run-off of the Selenge and its tributaries. In their view, these changes would have damaging effects on the already vulnerable and unique ecosystem of Lake Baikal, 8 Management Response: 29, 30. 9 Management Response: 30. 8 as the river’s annual run off is one of the main factors that guarantee its ecological integrity. A redistribution of the run off could have highly detrimental effects, including epidemic d...

Complaint > AD Hydro Power Limited-01/Himachal Pradesh

Eligibility: English

...changes to the ‘draft’ report will not be material to the Board’s decision. In the interests of effective due process, the CAO believes that it would have been more forthright to have presented a final report to the Board and public. This provides the clearest signal that IFC believes that all material concerns have been met. The CAO believes that the transparency of process of developing the scope and content of the ESIA could be improved, particularly with regard to IFC demon...

Complaint > Alex Dev-01/Wadi al-Qamar

Appraisal: English

...climate change. The complainants allege that the community living near APCC suffer severe respiratory health problems, such as asthma, due to dust and particulate emissions from the cement plant. IFC’s Guidance Note to PS3 states that existing facilities are expected to evaluate the feasibility of meeting PS3 requirements, and should seek to improve performance through actions included in the ESAP. 12 A revised ESAP agreed between IFC and the client (2012 ESAP) included additional control measur...

Complaint > Shuakhevi HPP

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for PSI (Georgian)

...changes in the micro-climate of the village, reduction of water in the river bed to only 10%. Company later completely ignored the emerged problems and refuses to deliver its commitment. Plenty of meetings have been held on this topic with government officials, Company representatives and Ministry of Energy of Georgia. They were all in vain. No response followed on the letter sent to the managements of the Banks in August. Construction of the project has been completed and it left no drinking wa...

Complaint > Protection of Basic Services Program Phase II Additional Financing and Promoting Basic Services Phase III Project

Filing: 82-Request for Inspection (English)

...changed in 2005. In the aftermath of the national election that year, State security forces reacted to protests with excessive force, killing 200 and arresting over 30,000 people.45 These State-perpetrated abuses led to a suspension of direct budget support by the World Bank and other members of the Development Assistance Group (DAG), a consortium of 26 donors to Ethiopia. 36. Noting the risks of continuing direct budget support in this political environment, ...

Complaint > EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...changed much over the past 20 years, regardless of changes of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia since 2006. Apart from the strict centralization of decision- making, this institutional framework creates a large lack of responsibility of each entity. Since the decision is not bound to the implementation, each entity of the institutional framework may adopt any decision, and then transfers responsibility to the superior entity for the lack of implementation. Only the Government has no suc...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Eligibility: Report of the Independent Evaluation of the Mesa de dialogo y consenso CAO-Cajamarca, May 2005

...change this perception and achieve a wider level participation, the Mesa needs to change certain aspects of the Mesa process. These changes include: • Offering key leaders of other institutions leadership positions within the Mesa. This could be done by conducting outreach and inviting them to help convene the Assemblies. Additional training in negotiation skills and consensus building for new representatives of the reconfigured Assembly; • Facilitating t...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Compliance Report: 24-Investigation Report (English)

...change resources because some large sources of foreign exchange (including current private transfers, current transfers to government and net concessional medium and long term loans) were assumed to be independent of the slippage variables. It is not explained why these assumptions were justified. It is noted, though, that a 20 per cent annual reduction in these factors would raise the PPA payment to foreign exchange ratio – and as the ratio rises, so does the macro...

Complaint > South-West Corridor Road Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for CR (English)

...change have been in the direction opposite to the direction given in the complaint and are not related to road narrowing but different design issues of the junction. The changes have been made and are proposed to be made to make the passage under the bridge towards Russia safer. These changes primarily concern shortening the road barriers at the right side and in the middle. For the direction towards Aktobe mentioned in the Complaint, the proposed change of the central barrier will make the narr...

Complaint > EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Filing: Complaint

...changed much over the past 20 years, regardless of changes of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia since 2006. Apart from the strict centralization of decision- making, this institutional framework creates a large lack of responsibility of each entity. Since the decision is not bound to the implementation, each entity of the institutional framework may adopt any decision, and then transfers responsibility to the superior entity for the lack of implementation. Only the Government has no suc...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Management Response: 54-Deuxième Réponse de la Direction et Rapport d’avancement (Français)

...changes entre la Banque mon- consultations suspendues à la paroisse de Fatima à Kinshasa. diale et les syndicats représentant les anciens sala- riés des banques en liquidation entre 2003 et 2007. 26 septembre 2003 : Un courrier électronique de [le Consultant] infor- Au travers de ces échanges, la Direction s’est effor- mant les représentants des anciens salariés de la non-objection de la ...

Complaint > South-West Corridor Road Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for PSI (English)

...change have been in the direction opposite to the direction given in the complaint and are not related to road narrowing but different design issues of the junction. The changes have been made and are proposed to be made to make the passage under the bridge towards Russia safer. These changes primarily concern shortening the road barriers at the right side and in the middle. For the direction towards Aktobe mentioned in the Complaint, the proposed change of the central barrier will make the narr...