Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Registration: Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection was received by the Panel. The Request The Request3 raises several social, cultural and environmental concerns, and related issues of compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The Requesters' concerns, as stated in the Request for Inspection, are summarized below. Religious and Cultural Concerns. The Requesters state that the ''joy of a free- flowing river cannot be measured" and that this has not been estimated by the "dam users". They state...

Complaint > Improving Rural Livelihoods through Carbon Sequestration Project

Management Response: 80-Management Response (English)

...Request; section III – Project Background; and section IV – Management Response. Annex 1 presents the Requesters’ claims, together with Management’s detailed responses, in table format. II. THE REQUEST 3. The Request was submitted by Mr. Sriharsha Masabathula, President of VEDA Climate Change Solutions Limited (VCCSL), representing farmers who are “inhabitants of the backwards districts of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh,” in India (the “Requesters”). 4. A...

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

Registration: 37-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters further allege that the Bank prepared terms of reference for a Pilot Zoning Plan covering the axis Maringa-Lopori- Wamba, which recognized the presence of Pygmies indigenous people communities in these forests. This means according to the Requesters that OD 4.20 must apply. The Requesters state that under the EESRSP, the Bank plans to lay the ground for the implementation of a new forestry concession system. The Requesters fear that this will raise the moratorium on granting forestry ...

Complaint > Land Administration Project (First Request)

Registration: 53-First Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the Panama: Land Administration Project (the “Project”—in Spanish, Programa Nacional de Administración de Tierras—PRONAT). The Request was submitted by representatives of the indigenous community of Pueblo Naso, several individual members of the community and representatives of some community organizations (the “Requesters”). The Requesters claim that they and the community that they represent have been harmed ...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (not registered)

Filing: 29-Notice of Receipt of a Request for Inspection and Decision Not to Register

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the above-referenced Project. The Panel did not register the Request in the Panel’s Register. I have advised the Requesters that the Request does not fulfill the eligibility criteria for the following reasons: (a) The Request for Inspection was submitted by only one signatory. (b) The Request does not assert that its subject matter has been brought to Management’s attention. ...

Complaint > Mining Development and Environmental Control Assistance Project

Filing: 20-Request for Inspection (English)

...REQUEST FOR AN INSPECTION PANEL ON THE MINING DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT (PRODEMINCA) Dear Sirs: We, the undersigned, Cecilia Alvarez and Carlos Zorilla, President and Vice President of Defensa y Conserviación Ecológica de Intag (DECOIN), and others, all residents and/or representatives of social organizations in the Intag Zone, Province of Imbabura, Ecuador, submit the following complaint, substantiated by the documents we enclose with this lette...

Complaint > Ecodevelopment Project

Timeline: 11-Register (English)

...Requester: Mr. J. L. Subramanin, President, Nagarahole Budakattu Janara Hakkusthapana Samithi, representing the inhabitants of Rajive Gandhi National Park, Nagarahole, Karnataka State, India. Action Date: Other Comments 1. Request for Inspection received by Secretariat April 2, 1998 2. Request Registered April 3, 1998 3. Notice of Registration with the Request sent to the A...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project

Timeline: 84-Register (English)

...Request for Inspection received by Secretariat January 14, 2013 2. Request Registered January 30, 2013 3. Notice of Registration with the Request sent to the January 30, 2013 President 4. Notice of Registration sent to: 5. Requesters January 30, 2013 6. Executive Directors January 30, 2013 7. Notice of Registration put on the Inspection Panel February 4, 2013 ...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Report and Recommendation

...Request had not previously been communicated to Management, the Panel did not register the Request to provide Management with an opportunity to address the concerns. 2. On September 11, 2015, the Panel received another Request for Inspection (“the Request”) from three representatives of the Bigodi and Nyabubale-Nkingo communities in Uganda (“the Requesters”), raising similar concerns to those set forth in the December 19, 2014 Request. The Request was registered on September 28, 2015 and i...

Complaint > Arun III Proposed Hydroelectric Project and Restructuring of IDA Credit

Timeline: Register (English)

...Requesters. Original Request dated October 24,1994 received from Nepal World Bank office without attachments Oct. 3 1, 1994 o r authorizations. Attachments and authorizations received by fax Nov. 2,1994 Request Registered Nov. 3, 1994 3. Notice of Registration with the Request sent to the Nov. 3, 1994 President 1. Notice of Registration sent to: 5. Requ...

Complaint > Madhya Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project, 1st request

Timeline: 72-Register (English)

...Requesters May 19, 2011 President May 17, 2011 3. Memorandum to the Executive May 19, 2011 Directors of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development put on the Internet 4. Request for Inspection May 19, 2011 5. Notice of Registration sent : August 22, 2011 President Requesters Executive Directors 6. Notice of Registration put ...

Complaint > Public Works and Employment Creation Project (not registered)

Registration: 35-Notice of Non-Registration

...Request for Inspection (the ‘Request’) related to the above- referenced Project. The Panel did not register the Request in the Panel’s Register. As detailed below, the Request did not meet the eligibility criteria because it relates to procurement actions. The Request for Inspection was submitted by AFOPROCA (l’Association pour la formation, la production des ouvrages de carrières et la lutte contre le SIDA sur les chantiers à haute intensité de main d’œ...

Complaint > Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-Up Project, First Request

Management Action Plan: 47-Second Management Progress Report (English)

...Requesters by-case review before the an independently monitored case- Requesters was completed. Albanian Judiciary of the by-case judicial review was signed Five legal teams have been Requesters' claims that they by the Minister of Finance on April hired to represent the nine were harmed as a result of the 16, 2009. The Agreement affirms families...

Complaint > Mining Development and Environmental Control Assistance Project

Management Response: 20-Management Response (English)

...Request by stating that the Bank has complied with all operational policies and procedures applicable to the matter raised by the Request, and that the Request fails to demonstrate that the Requestors’ rights or interests have been, or will be, directly and adversely affected by the alleged failure of the Bank in the application of its policies and procedures. II. The Request 3. The Request for Inspection Panel review is filed by a group known as DECOI...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project, First Request

Eligibility: 54-First Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Second Request”) related to the same above-referenced Project. Mr. Bidimu Kamunga, resident of Likasi, Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, submitted the Request acting as President of “le Collectif des Ex-agents Gécamines ODV” (“the Collective of VDO [Voluntary Departures Operation] of former Gécamines employees”). The Request included 14 signatures of other members of the collective. The Panel registered this Second Request on March...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Registration: 28-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ03/1 October 1, 2003 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection PHILIPPINES - Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP) (Loan No. 4019-PH) On September 26, 2003, the Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the above referenced project. The Requ...

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

Registration: 24-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) dated July 25, 2001 related to the above-referenced Projects. The Request was submitted by the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) and Save the Bujagali Crusade (SBC), as well as other local organizations and individuals (the “Requesters”). The Request claims that the failures and omissions of the International Development Association (hereinafter the “Bank”) in the design, appraisal, and implementation of the above- refere...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Registration: 16-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ99/3 June 18, 1999 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Dear Sir: Re: Request for Inspection – Proposed China Western Poverty Reduction Project On June 18, 1999, the Inspection Panel (the "Panel") received a Request for Inspection (the "Request") dated June 18, 1999 related to the above-mentioned proposed project. The Project will be c...

Complaint > Urban Transport Transformation Project

Registration: 109-Notice of Non-Registration(English)

...Request is attached to this Notice. 2. The Panel conducted extensive due diligence in line with its updated Operating Procedures/ to establish the admissibility of the Request. The Panel consequently decided not to register the Request as it confirmed that the alleged harm is not linked to a Bank- financed Project. The Request 3. On April 1, 2016, the Panel received a Request for Inspection from a resident of L...

Complaint > Special Structural Adjustment Loan

Management Response: 17-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST FOR INSPECTION NO. RQ99/4 MANAGEMENT RESPONSE 1. On July 26, 1999, the Inspection Panel (the Panel) received a Request for Inspection dated July 20, 1999 (subseque ntly supplemented on August 11, 1999) (the Request), from the Argentine non-governmental organization Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), acting in alleged representation of beneficiaries of an Argentine government social program called Pro-Huerta (the PH Program). 1 The Re...