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. * ...

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 These changes have rendered parts of the draft ESIA outdated.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 relev...

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...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) (Second Request)

Management Response: 74-Management Response (English)

...changed from an APL to a SIL as this was the only Bank instrument that would fulfill the request by the Government. With the change of the lending instrument from an APL to a SIL at appraisal, the entire Project was reclassified as environmental Category A, involving involuntary resettlement. The implication of this re-classification was that the EARF was no longer sufficient for the requirements under OP 4.01, which specify that a detailed Environmental Assessment (EA) report covering all ...

Complaint > Development Forestry Sector Management Project

Filing: 69-Request for Inspection Attachments (English)

...changes in the companies’ ownership and permitting a company to bid upon a concession even through one of the company’s owners owed money to the government; • Breaches of laws prohibiting collusion between bidders; • Violations of laws prohibiting the award of logging concessions on private land; • Negotiations that illegally changed the tax requirements outlined in bid documents after bids had been awarded. Had the contractual changes not been exposed by i...

Complaint > Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 3

Compliance Report: CRP's Final Report (English)

...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 ...

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 > 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 preventin...

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 > 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 drain...

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 al...

Complaint > Agrokasa-01/Ica

Compliance Report: CAO Audit of IFC Investments in Agribusiness in the Ica Valley, Peru, February 22, 2011

...changed significantly during the IFC appraisal process. This change has a potential impact on the scope and nature of due diligence and on the understanding of what the investment includes for external interested parties. In the PDS-ER and PDS-ER Tier II, the description includes “‘hydraulic improvements” and provision of broader corporate financing. In the Investment Review Meeting notes, the description does not refer to the issues of water usage, although the substantive issues were rai...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Compliance Report: 49-Investigation Report (English)

...changes in project concept or design, as appropriate, as the project evolves or circumstances change; (d) identify the key risks to project sustainability and recommend appropriate risk management strategies and actions to the borrower; and (e) prepare the Bank’s Implementation Completion Report to account for the use of Bank resources, and to draw lessons to improve the design of future projects, sector and country strategi...

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 > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Filing: Request for Inspection (English)

...change with officials of the World Bank in regard to this loan. We had submitted a representation to Ms Isabel Guerrero, VP, South Asia, WB in March 2012 attaching therewith copies of earlier exchanges with the WB officials. We have received a reply to this representation from WB Officials in June 2012. However, the reply only re-states the positions taken in earlier exchanges hence we are not giving a point-wise rejoinder to this reply. These documents are attached for your kind perusal, please...

Complaint > Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1st Request

Filing: 12-Request for Inspection (English)

...climate that now exists. 1.4 The LHWP. By way of background to the LHWP itself, concerns have often been expressed about design flaws associated with the first (completed) dam (Katse, Phase 1A). This Claim is based on the argument that "both Phase 1A and the next dam to be built -- Mohale (along with a diversion weir and tunnel to the Katse Reservoir), known as "Phase 1B" -- cause harm to the claimants and others similarly situated. Indeed we believe that a $50 million World Bank loan for Phase ...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...change the location of the ashdike to Mithini (Rihand project site) was indeed the result of an attempt to further minimize resettlement and impact on agricultural land. Upgrading of existing ash dikes has also been considered and the land requirements for ash disposal are being brought down from 0.8 acre/MW to 0.6 acre/MW through improved ash pond management. However, the acquisition of additional land could not be entirely avoided. Management was satisfi...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-First Management Progress Report

...Climate Change and commitment to disclose the Lake monthly “water release” information since Hydrology Risks; Victoria hydrological (water releases) December 2008 to the EAC. Potential Impacts on information and make it available to Lake Victoria; the EAC. Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) 4 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND ST...