Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Other: Guidance Note on Labor Influx

...labor may also lead to an increase in exploitative sexual relationships and human trafficking whereby women and girls are forced into sex work (see also Box 3 below). • Child labor and school dropout. Increased opportunities for the host community to sell goods and services to the incoming workers can lead to child labor to produce and deliver these goods and services, which in turn can lead to enhanced school dropout. • Local inflation of prices: A si...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Filing: Request for Inspection

...children. This has also resulted into marriage breakages. We however pity the girl Child wherever 3/32 such developments shall be effected and sympathize with those where such have been implemented. 7. Increased school dropout and absenteeism and Child labor. Due to increased population there is petty business emerging along the road. School children drop out or are frequently absent due to such activities. The children are a...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Management Action Plan: Investigation Plan

...Labor Issues, Occupational and Road Safety a. Were there instances of irregular labor practices by the contractor? If so, were remedial actions taken? b. Were minors employed by the Project? Was the risk of child labor properly assessed? Did the Project include preventive and mitigation measures? If so, were they implemented? c. Were there occupational and/or road accidents leading to injuries or fatalities? If so, did th...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Other: Press Release

...children and communities, including many cases of child sexual abuse and teenage pregnancies caused by road workers, an increased presence of sex workers, the spread of HIV/AIDS, sexual harassment of female employees, inadequate resettlement practices, a lack of road safety, and negative construction impacts. The Inspection Panel confirmed the claims, and identified a substantial number of instances of the Bank not complying with its own policies and procedures. The Panel found that Bank managem...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Compliance Report: Inspection Panel Investigation Report(English)

...Child Labor. Management stated it takes the allegations of child labor very seriously, but after reviewing the Contractor’s labor registry and interviewing workers and community members, it was unable to confirm any case of child labor employed by the Project. 26. Indigenous Peoples. Management explained it “could not ascertain adverse impacts from the Project on Indigenous Peoples.”28 27. Livelihoods impacts. Management noted that apart from the Requesters, other quarry owners and...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...labor influx. Management in its Response states that it takes risks related to labor influx on the safety and security of women and girls very seriously. Management argues that labor influx is not related to the Project, since MINIS only provides technical assistance. While the TPP is not supported by MINIS, Management has discussed with the Government of Mongolia concerns about the social impacts of a large labor influx during construction. 18 Furthermore, according to Management, the CIA will ...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...labor influx. Management in its Response states that it takes risks related to labor influx on the safety and security of women and girls very seriously. Management argues that labor influx is not related to the Project, since MINIS only provides technical assistance. While the TPP is not supported by MINIS, Management has discussed with the Government of Mongolia concerns about the social impacts of a large labor influx during construction. 18 Furthermore, according to Management, the CIA will ...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...labor influx 50. Management takes risks related to labor influx very seriously, particularly in relation to the safety and security of girls and women. While such risks are not related to the Project, which is only providing technical assistance, the CIA will consider labor influx issues, including the types of concerns that have been raised by the Requesters. 51. Although the Baganuur power plant is not supported by MINIS, Management has nevertheless discussed with the GoM at the mini...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...labor influx 50. Management takes risks related to labor influx very seriously, particularly in relation to the safety and security of girls and women. While such risks are not related to the Project, which is only providing technical assistance, the CIA will consider labor influx issues, including the types of concerns that have been raised by the Requesters. 51. Although the Baganuur power plant is not supported by MINIS, Management has nevertheless discussed with the GoM at the mini...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Action Plan: 32-Sixth Management Progress Report

...Child care centers, 39 schools, education facilities run by Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (universal literacy campaign), and private schools in and around the R&R sites benefit over 9,500 school age children. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) runs a health center at Anik in rooms provided by MMRDA; a maternity care cum health center is under construction at Mankhurd; and a community hall at Majaj has been constructed. Internal street lights have been provided with the agreement that the...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Action Plan: 32-Fifth Management Progress Report

...children. Some 9,499 children receive education at 39 formal schools located in and 7 around MUTP resettlement sites and child care centers established within the resettlement buildings. MMRDA has set up a community center at the Majas site which will double as a primary health care center and has provided flour mills at different R&R sites. MMRDA has transferred the required number of rooms at Anik resettlement site to the MCGM, where it has starte...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Compliance Report: 23-Annexes to Investigation Report (English)

...labor gangs. These supervisors are paid a daily wage of Rs 50 by the truck owners. Under this system, trucks to be loaded are allocated on rotation to both PAP and non-PAP labor gangs. 10% of all trucks are reserved for PAPs, and the PAP labor gangs participate in the allocation of the balance on equal terms with non-PAP labor gangs. A labor gang earns Rs 1,400 per truck (about Rs 90 per laborer). Normally a labor gang will get to load only one truck in a day. This is a year round activity, and ...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Eligibility: Management Report and Recommendation(English)

...child labor workers on RN2 have work contracts. A copy of their ID has been archived. in the Project. Contracts were amended twice to harmonize them with national labor laws. Contracts were cleared by the relevant labor authorities. Management acknowledged issues While this is not covered under Bank policies, some workers were underpaid as related to workers’ health a result of an unfavorable exchange rate. Specifically, 499 work...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Management Action Plan: First Management Progress Report

...Labor inspection authorities have undertaken assessments of the RN2 Contractor’s facilities to evaluate compliance with applicable labor regulations, including compliance with occupational health and safety regulations and actions to prevent sexual harassment. Reports from the labor authorities were received by the Bank on October 23, 2018 and confirmed that the RN2 Contractor is compliant with applicable national labor regulations. This includes verification that all workers have work contracts...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Eligibility: 23-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...labor crews participate in the allocation of the balance on equal terms with non-PAP labor crews. A labor crew earns Rs 1,400 per truck (about Rs 90 per laborer). This is a year round activity though the number of trucks to be loaded varies. PAPs have also...

Complaint > Ecodevelopment Project

Eligibility: 11-Eligibility Report (English)

...children of mainstream societies. That this is alien to the Adivasi child as it does not incorporate either the Adivasi value systems or language is brushed aside by the State. Till the 60s even these teaching institutions were located based on the needs of village societies. This meant that the Adivasi child had a narrow access to the education facilities made available. In these schools, the Adivasi child suffered racial discrimination and humiliation from children of the village societies. Ma...

Complaint > Jute Sector Adjustment Credit Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

...child care, food security, revenue tmnsfer, short-term credit, labor mchange and other basic sources of socio-economic support are dissolved Destruction of the social support system would inevitably bring disaster in the lives of the people. Agriculture, household based craR activities are being run on the basis of the kinshq relation. Considering the notion of dependency of the people, through which their survival mechanism get impetus, we can easily draw conclusion that the destruction of Whq ...

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

Management Response: 26-Management Response (English)

...child care facilities, community centers, child/youth development, among others. While the Project is demand-based and all eligible populations can access the project, geographic targeting of eligible communities will be used to identify priority areas for further institutional and organizational development assistance to ensure that vulnerable non-organized groups and municipalities with scarce resources have a fair opportunity to access project resources. Potential beneficiaries will be s...

Complaint > Education Improvement Project

Management Response: 94 - Management Response (English)

...Children’s Fund 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 secon...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Other: 54-Socio-Economic Evaluation (English)

...children attending school overall, however, does not differ significantly by region – even if controlling for household size. An additional 8% have pulled children from school temporarily. This is a fairly common practice in Katanga and is often linked with needing to pay final school fees in order to get final exams. In comparison, a smaller percentage of the PV children of school age (6-15) are in school - sixty-two percent (2009 survey) compared to 66 percent of children aged 6-15 for urban K...