Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...USAID United States Agency for International Development Currency Unit (as of December 17, 2015) Uganda Shilling 1 UGX = 0.00030 US$ 1 US$ = 3,390.56 UGX iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i. The Uganda Transport Sector Development Project (TSDP) and Additional Financing (the “Project”) aim to improve the connectivity and efficiency of Uganda’s transport sector by upgrading i...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Inspection Panel Final Report and Recommendation (English)

...USAID United States Agency for International Development WTP Water Treatment Plant ii Lebanese Republic Greater Beirut Water Supply Project (IBRD Loan No. 7967-LB) Progress Report On the Implementation of Enhanced Supervision Actions ...

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

Eligibility: 37-Rapport d'éligibilité (Français)

...USAID/ARD, Burlington, USA, mai 2003. 18 Demande, p. 8. Populations autochtones 20. Les plaignants déclarent que dans le PUSPRES, la Banque ne tient pas compte de la DO 4.20 sur les populations autochtones, malgré la présence de populations pygmées autochtones dans la zone d’exécution du Projet. Ils expliquent que « l’existence, la survie, l’identité culturelle et le savoir traditionnel des Pygmées sont intimement liés à la forêt, leur espace vital et mère nourricière qu’ils vénèrent 19 »....

Complaint > Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project

Management Action Plan: 36-First Management Progress Report (English)

...USAID (USA), World Bank, European Commission, Asian Development Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations Development Programme, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. -6- progress has been made in recovering illegally encroached forest land (some 207,960 hectares of encroached forest land are being taken back from offenders), enforcement actions to date remain insufficient. 19. The Bank’s continuing support for land administration...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...USAID). The team visited Fort Portal and several communities along the road, including Bigodi, Kahunge, Rwengobe and Nkingo. The Panel held meetings with JFCU, the Requesters, ten community leaders, leadership and representatives of the Grievance Redress Committee (GRC), and numerous affected people who claim having experienced a wide spectrum of harms. The Panel expresses its appreciation to all of them for sharing their views and exchanging information and insights, and extends special thanks ...

Complaint > Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program

Eligibility: 76-Report and Recommendation (English)

...USAID and Friends of the Earth Middle East. 70 World Bank Report No. 47657-GZ, West Bank and Gaza, Assessment of Restrictions on Palestinian Water Sector Development, Sector Note, April 2009 (hereinafter “the Water Sector Note”), p. 11, para 4 71 The Water Sector Note, p. 12, paras 37-38. 72 The Feasibility Study TORs, pp. 28-29, Section 6.2.3. 16 “Under current conditions, the groundwater aquifers are being drained at an acc...

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

Eligibility: 82-Eligibility Report (English)

...USAID, UN and Irish Aid. “Multi-agency “Villagisation” mission to Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia”. Report. 3-8 June 2012 (hereinafter “DAG (2012)”). 25 See Rahmato (2011) pp. 20-21 reporting from Abobo woreda, and Finnmap (2012) p. 57 reporting from Benishangul-Gumuz region. 26 DAG (2012), p.2. 18 refused to move, and had to leave the country due to safet...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Commissioned Studies-Technical Review of Source Water Quality

...USAID – Lebanon. February 2011 Greater Beirut Water Supply Project: Independent Technical Review of Source Water Quality 6 2.1.5 Water Establishment for Beirut & Mount Lebanon Chemical Analysis The Water Establishment had samples collected on 14 March 2011 just upstream of the Joun Reservoir (from Lake Anan and the Awali River) and the Joun Reservoir analyzed for 11 heavy metals, 16 complex compounds (including pesticides), and cyanide. 2.2 Summary of Data The data from the we...

Complaint > Bridge International Academies-01/Kenya

Eligibility: CAO Assessment Report - Bridge-01/Kenya - March 2019 - English

...USAID, uses teachers’ computers to improve learning in their TUSOME Early Grade Reading literacy project and Primary Education Development Project (PRIEDE) numeracy project, funded by the World Bank. Bridge informed CAO that the scripted method used by Bridge is proven to be successful in the United States in reducing the black-white student achievement gap by half. Bridge also referred to research reports conducted by the World Bank and UWEZO, among others, and explained that using teachers’ co...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Management Response: 57-Management Response and Annex 1 (English)

...USAID United States Agency for International Development YR Yemeni Rial Currency Equivalent (as of M a y 18,2009) US$1= YR200.70 iii Yemen EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background 1. On April 20, 2009, the Inspection Panel registered the Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ09/05 concerning the Republic o f Yemen Institutional Reform Development Policy Grant (Grant No. H336-YEM) (IRDPG) financed by the Int...

Complaint > Real LRIF-01/Coban

Compliance Report: English

...USAID (2010) Promoting Sustainable Energy Integration in Central America https://goo.gl/MeP8wB. 2012 Economist Intelligence Unit country reports for Guatemala and Panama and US State Department Human Rights Reviews (2011) for Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama note various indigenous communities’ protests in relation to infrastructure projects. United States State Department Annual Human Rights Reviews (2011) raise concern in regard to violence, conflict and engagement with in...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Response (English)

...USAID 2005), the water quality is deemed appropriate after standard treatment at the proposed Ouardaniyeh water treatment plant. Furthermore, the Requesters’ Representative himself acknowledges that even the alternative project he pro- motes would require water treatment. • Water availability for irrigation. The livelihoods of agriculture-dependent com- munities in South Lebanon and/or the Upper Litani River basin will not be im- pacted by GBWSP. The GBWSP does not rely on on any water...

Complaint > Education Improvement Project

Management Response: 94 - Management Response (English)

...USAID United States Agency for International Development iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Projects 1. The Education Improvement Project (EIP). The EIP consists of a loan of US$15 million from IBRD and a credit of US$15 million from IDA. The objectives of the EIP are to improve school readiness of children entering primary education, improve physical conditions and the availability of educational resources in upper secondary schools, an...

Complaint > CBG-01/Sangaredi

Filing: CAO Complaint - Guinea / CBG-01 - English

...USAID review of Guinean land tenure policy and legislation, “such property rights may be formally registered, provided a level of investment has been maintained that conforms to local norms, and following completion of a public process to confirm that there are no contradictory claims on the holding (Article 39).”35 The absence of formal registration – which characterizes much of rural Guinea – does not preclude the application of the full entitlements and protections of PS 5 to those persons an...

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

Eligibility: 27-Management Report and Recommendation (French)

...USAID Agence des États Unis pour le développement international USD Dollar des États Unis VIH/Sida Virus d’immunodéficience humaine /Syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise WCS Société pour la conservation de la faune sauvage WWF Fonds mondial pour la nature iv Rapport de la Direction et recommandations LISTE DES POLITIQUES OPERATIONNELLES , DIRECTIVES OPERATIONNELLES , DI...

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

Management Response: 82-Management Response (English)

...USAID United States Agency for International Development WaSH Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene iv Currency Unit as of November 19, 2012 USD 1.00 = ETB 17.96 ETB 1.00 = USD 0.05 v vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Project i. Ethiopia’s Promoting Basic Services Program (PBS) is a nationwide program, which contributes to expanding access to and improving the quality of basic services. The World Bank’s Board...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Compliance Report: 40-Investigation Report (English)

...USAID, Policy Note, The Niger Delta,” received from the World Bank Country Office, Abuja on July 17, 2007, p. 3. 44 A Nigerian perspective on this matter may be found on the website of the Urhobo Historical Society: http://www.waado.org/Contents.html (accessed April 10, 2008). 45 “World Bank, British High Commission, DfID and USAID, Policy Note, The Niger Delta,” received from the World Bank Country Office, Abuja on July 17, 2007, p.5. 46 World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance P...

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

Management Response: 82-Management Report and Recommendation - Ethiopia PBS - Phase III Project

...USAID Mission Director World Bank Country Director 3 of 3 ,-----------------------------------------, ,--- ---------- ----- -------------------------, : The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia : : The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia : I I I Ministry of ...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

...USAID, Opportunities for Improving End-use Electricity Efficiency in India, November 1991). This failure to adequately consider alternatives and to accurately gauge the impacts of Bank lending is in violation of Bank policies. World Bank energy policy requires its investments in the energy sector to be directed towards development of integrated sustainable strategies which include demand side management components such as energy conservation and efficiency. The current loan has not adequately ...

Complaint > Development Forestry Sector Management Project

Eligibility: 69-Eligibility Report (English)

...USAID and the US Forest Service, European Commission), international NGOs and research and advocacy institutions – the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the International Council for Research in Agro forestry (ICRAF), the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Conservation International (CI), Fauna and Flora International (FFI), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Forest Trends – and civil society participants (SDI, Green Advocates, ...