Complaint > Mining Development and Environmental Control Assistance Project

Compliance Report: 20-Investigation Report (English)

...changes with authorities, Project Staff and consultants. 89. OD 13.05 states that “[p]roject supervision is one of the Bank’s most important activities.” It adds that the “ main purposes [of project supervision] are, inter alia, to identify problems promptly as they arise during implementation and help the borrower resolve them, and to modify as necessary the project concept and design as the project evolves during implementation or as circumstances change (in this context, Ban...

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 raised by...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Compliance Report: English

...change from rail to conveyor for coal transport, and other minor changes) June Complaint: submitted by MASS to the CAO November Stakeholder Engagement and Benefit Sharing Study (also referred to as Survey of Tragadi Village) Needs Assessment Survey of Modhva Village IFC supervision visit 7 2012 March CGPL Unit 10, commercial operation date April IFC supervision visit 8 May Additional complaint submitted by MASS July ...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...climate change. Based on this protocol, the baseline should include all the Scope 1 (All direct GHG emissions – defined as emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the reporting entity) and Scope 2 emissions (Indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam - Indirect GHG emissions are emissions that are a consequence of the activities of the reporting entity, but occur at sources owned or controlled by another entity, e.g. In this case – electricity)...

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

Compliance Report: 27-Investigation Report (English)

...Change Management Process employed by COTCO relating to changes to the pipeline routing during construction. (See Box 3 below). Box 3: Alignment Sheets – Change Management Process • The Proposed routing change should stay within the area/terrain displayed in the alignment sheet. • The proposed change will respect the environmental and social parameters referenced in the alignment sheet (in other words, no adverse change in...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, Management of the Petroleum Economy Project, and Petroleum Sector Management Capacity Building Project

Compliance Report: 22-Investigation Report (English)

...change management process. That means there are things which are important which come up, things which we did not expect, or things which are brought up by local people, and with things which are really essential to change, there is an opportunity to change. It is not a static process.” 36 OD 4.01 Institutional Aspects, Environmental Advisory Panels at § 13. 37 Project Files, May 26th 1998. 38 Environmental Management Plan for the Chad Export Project, May 1...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Compliance Report: 46-Investigation Report (English)

...climate conditions. Droughts have recently affected Albania’s electricity supply, and recent studies predict that climate change will have a severe impact on water availability and thus on electricity generation in Albania. However, Albania’s existing power sector strategies do not address climate risk.46 43 World Bank, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region, “Albania Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction: A P...

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

Compliance Report: 37-Investigation Report Executive Summary (English)

...climate change. In its investigation, the Panel noted that when the Bank initially became engaged in the DRC and decided to support work in the forest sector, it provided estimates of export revenue from logging concession that turned out to be much too high. This had a significant effect, for it encouraged a focus on reform of the forest concession system at the expense of pursuing sustainable use of forests, the potential for community forests, and conservation. For the most part, foreign comp...

Complaint > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...change in the municipal administration as well as other changes at the various municipal departments that played some role in connection with the Program. Similarly, the Program Management Unit, a unit working on behalf of the Program within the Municipal Government that provided a direct link between the Mayor’s Office and the various 26 Safeguard Screening Form. 27 Environmental Safeguard Policy Filter Report and Environmental and Social Management Report. 28 Lo...

Complaint > Sao Jose dos Campos Urban Structuring Program

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...change in the municipal administration as well as other changes at the various municipal departments that played some role in connection with the Program. Similarly, the Program Management Unit, a unit working on behalf of the Program within the Municipal Government that provided a direct link between the Mayor’s Office and the various 26 Safeguard Screening Form. 27 Environmental Safeguard Policy Filter Report and Environmental and Social Management Report. 28 Lo...

Complaint > Paravani Hydro Power Plant

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...changes, most of the relevant directives have been in place for many years and the underlying principles have not changed. In any case the ESP has a finite life (say 5 42 years) and the advice within it could be applicable for that period and then revised according to any changes in EU requirements. 3.One element of the complaint relates to the consideration of project alternatives and the e...

Complaint > Land Administration Project (First Request)

Compliance Report: 53-Investigation Report (English)

...change, it may be necessary to make corresponding changes in the project or its implementation arrangements. 149 266.Work in the Annex Areas began in mid-2007. By then, there were serious conflicts relating to the loss of land tenure security stemming from the development of the Bocas del Toro islands as a tourist destination, the changes accompanying the highway that connected Grand Chiriqui with Guabito, and the granting of hydroelectric concessions ov...

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

Compliance Report: Inspection Panel Investigation Report(English)

...change of sex for food, clothes, money, shelter, school fees, rent, or other survival needs. In an effort to distinguish survival sex from other forms of sexual exchange, this report does not use the term “transactional sex,” defined here as the exchange of sexual services for compensation through money or goods “where both parties consent and negotiate the details of the transaction.” 285. Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or phys...

Complaint > Electricity Expansion Project

Compliance Report: Inspection Panel Investigation Report (English)

...changes in lifestyles and technological advancements. This tenacity of pastoralism testifies to its appropriateness as a production system.”238 9. Interviews with members of the PAP communities show that many were aware of recent changes in national legislation that draw attention to historical events negatively affecting pastoral communities such as the Maasai and the legal recognition of community rights to communal grazing. Given the history of land in Naivasha, and Maasai areas gener...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

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

...change to their content and scope ProDosed Proiect &dit Coal Sector Enivironmental and Social Coal Sector Rehabilitation Project (CSRP) April 1996 II Environmental sent to the Board .. ~ Assessment Summary ~. Staff Appraisal Report (SAR) and Me:morandum and Recommendation ...

Complaint > Enso Albania-01/Lengarica

Compliance Report: English

...climate change mitigation. At the time of IFC’s investment, the client had two hydropower projects under development in Albania, Lengarica and Mati. Additional projects were envisaged, but none had been reported as being developed at the time of writing this report. IFC’s expected additionality included: (a) mitigating long-term regulatory risks given the limited track record of the power sector in Albania; (b) offering its stamp of approval in support of the client’s investment plan to attract ...

Complaint > EPS Power II

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...changes with the Simić family 89. The Compliance Review Expert was unable to obtain specific information on those aspects. In a communication94 to EBRD responding to queries made by the Compliance Review Expert, EPS mentioned a list of documents, reportedly submitted by EPS to EBRD during meetings held in 2013, which included an appendix devoted to the issue of the expropriation of the Simić family properties 95: However, the Compliance Review was not able to obtain a copy of those ...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Compliance Report: 62-Investigation Report (English)

...changed dramatically in the last decade. In Papua New Guinea, changes are being brought about with the accreditation process in the ISO14000 management systems, and the certification process under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The Panel is of the view that the attempts to have the Project‘s key instruments comply with RSPO standards is a major step forward in minimizing adverse environmental impacts. Notwithstanding, given the extent of deforestation, pollution from mill effluen...