Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Summary Report: Boston University investigation of chronic kidney disease in Western Nicaragua, 2009-2012, August 2012

...unknown and that the relationship between the disease and ISA work practices was also unknown. Additionally, we concluded that the epidemic of CKD did not appear to be caused by diabetes or hypertension, which are the main causes in most high income as well as many low or medium income countries, and that the clinical characteristics of the disease, including apparent mild to moderate proteinuria, small kidneys on ultrasound, and the relatively slow rate of progression, suggest that the form of ...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: Executive Summary

...unknowns with respect to etiology, risk factors, prevalence, and incidence in Nicaragua and elsewhere. Thus, it is imperative to extend and deepen our knowledge with the goal of developing prevention policies and practices that reduce the rate of this devastating disease. II. Existing research on CKD in Nicaragua: evidence, interpretation and limitations Data on CKD in Nicaragua Mortality Statistics and Prevalence Studies Available national mortality data from 1992 through 2005 indicate that the...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...unknown. According to its analysis, it is probable that there is not just one cause, but several. For this reason, BU presents a first plan to study three types of causes and the interaction among them: 2 OFFICE OF THE COMPLIANCE ADVISOR/OMBUDSMAN 2121 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW  WASHINGTON, DC 20433, USA ...

Complaint > None

Policy Document: ADB AM Guidelines for the Protection of Key Stakeholders

...unknown quarters. 1 In this case, the complainants or affected people under ADB-assisted projects or their representatives. The AM Policy 2012, para. 150, footnote 43, indicates that the names of complainants can be kept confidential at their request; however, the identities of their representatives, such as NGOs/CSOs, should be disclosed for transparency. 2 ADB. 2012. Accountability Mechanism Policy 2012. http://www.adb.org/documents/accountability-mechanismpolicy-2012. 3 For the purpo...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...unknown causes among young male agricultural workers has been described elsewhere (Wanigasuriya, 2007). In Central America, increased mortality due to kidney failure has been reported both in Nicaragua and El Salvador and may be particularly common among younger men and in certain regions of the Pacific coast (MINSA, 2009; MINSAL, 2010; Garcia-Trabanino, 2002; Cuadra, 2006). Published community prevalence studies in Nicaragua and El Salvador are consistent with the mortality data and hav...

Complaint > VEIL II-01/ Ratanakiri Province

Filing: Complaint to CAO VEIL II - Feb 2014

...unknown subsidiaries, or sources rubber from other companies that it does not own, which adversely impact other villages in Cambodia. The complainants are seeking full disclosure from HAGL of all of its affiliated companies operating in Cambodia as well as social and environmental impact assessments and other relevant audits of all operations. 7. Finally, we wish to bring to CAO’s attention reports by Global Witness of environmental and social harm to communities in Laos as a result of HAGL’s op...

Complaint > Empresa Electrica Pangue S.A.-02/Upper Bio-Bio Watershed

Closing Report: English

...Unknown to many, it was the Pangue project that catalyzed the strengthening of IFC's institutional capacity to address environmental and social issues, most notably the emergence of IFC's Environment and Social Development Department; the adoption of the Safeguard Policies; the formulation of robust environmental and social project review procedures; and the establishment of the CAO's Office. All these aspects have become a mainstay of IFC business. This case study has been written for an intern...

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

Filing: 24-Request for Inspection (English)

...unknown. Hence no prior EIAs were done for the Old Owen falls dam. This is further compounded by the fact that todate no post-construction EIA has been done for the old Owen Falls Dam. The World Bank admitted at the July 17th–18th, 2001 public forum on the Bujagali Dam project (held in Washington DC) that there was no formal EIA for the Owen Falls Extension Project, which has received World Bank support. It appears that this project design was based on flawed assumption about the hydrology, whic...

Complaint > Interagua-01/Guayaquil

Eligibility: English

...unknown and 3 does not address the water users’ grievances or respond to their specific economic circumstances. In addition, complainants believe there should be greater civic participation in regulating and monitoring the company and ECAPAG’s supervision of it. The complainants believe generally that access to water is a fundamental human right, and that no one should ever be denied the right to water for basic living needs because of an inabi...

Complaint > Termoelectrica del Golfo Project

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...unknown whether, assuming there is an Official Mexican Standard for the use of coke as a hazardous waste, its application – coke ash – has been in strict compliance with applicable rules and standards. 3.- On June 2, 2010, we, the undersigned, filed a suit for constitutional protection against the aforementioned authorities for the improper authorization, to our detriment, by the HON. MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF TAMUÍN, SAN LUIS POTOSÍ and the companies THE AES CORPORATION, TERMOELÉCTR...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 1st Request

Filing: 14-Request for Inspection (English)

...unknown at the time of the original Request (Paragraph 14D). The Forum feels that the documents present new evidence which reflects distortions in the purpose of the Cédula da Terra Project, endowing this request with technical eligibility. In view of this, and as new facts have become known, all from official sources and including the attached document, we once again request that an Inspection Panel be established for the Project under consideration based on the World Bank Resolution that estab...

Complaint > Southern Agriculture Area Development Project

Filing: Complaint received, 28 Sep 2010

...unknown) came to the people and apologized that the project will not be implemented in this Ail Okmoty, because the funding was directed to another project. Later, this Ail Okmoty was informed that there will be another possibility to do reconstruction in the irrigation system with the help of ADB Agriculture project. Our rights and interests that have been, directly affected materially and adversely by this project include the following: ‐ Right to information ‐ Right to clear drinking ...

Complaint > Dinant-02/Rio Aguan

Monitoring: English

...unknown, in some instances uniformed persons, with bodies found on Dinant plantations. In response to these allegations, Dinant issued a statement in December 2017. Dinant’s statement notes an increase in violence, including the killing of two unarmed Dinant guards by unknown assailants during a period of renewed land occupations starting in August 2017. The Dinant statement denies the involvement of Dinant personnel in the alleged killings and notes that their guards do not have access to firea...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Closing Report: CAO Conclusion Report NSEL_August 2015-English

...unknown etiology”. The from nine highly qualified institutions. The parties cause of this kind of CKD is still unknown, but chose Boston University (BU) School of Public ongoing research by institutions in the region is Health to conduct a set of independent research analyzing a combination of risk facto...

Complaint > Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited-01/Leon and Chinandega

Agreement: English

...unknown if a worker was selected for the study during a year when they were an employee of ISA, their carnet can be obtained by matching information on cedula, INSS, or name from the ISA employee files to records in the enganche databases. Once a carnet is obtained, number of days worked per year can be assessed in the Ordenes de Pegue in the same manner ...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Compliance Report: 60-Investigation Report (English)

...unknown, the Panel is extremely concerned about the large number of people who were forcibly evicted, displaced, or are under threat of eviction in Project areas. The Panel found that due to lack of a robust monitoring and evaluation system for the Project, Bank Management did not become aware of significant issues arising from the Project, which does not comply with Bank policy. Additional Observations. The Panel wishes to underscore that it considers the Bank’s engagement on land issues in Cam...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Eligibility: 60-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...unknown”5 ownership. 22. Negotiations between the Government and a private developer had started in 2005. Despite assertions that the land in question was State Public Land, and hence could not be claimed through legal possession by residents, plans for private development of the BKL area were well advanced prior to the declaration of the area as an Adjudication Area. Copies of 4 Management requested a Lead Counsel from the Environmental and International Law Unit (LEGEN), and a Se...

Complaint > PT Weda Bay Nickel-01/Weda Bay

Filing: Complaint (English), July 2, 2010

...unknown” and “The Tobelo Forest Community at the present time is in … a location for which an RSF is being offered;” this project must still document the impact that might occur and get information and involve traditional community participation in the project area. PS8: Cultural Heritage PS8 stipulates, among other conditions, that “the client is responsible for siting and designing a project to avoid significant damage to cultural heritage; that the client will not s...

Complaint > Wilmar Group-02/Sumatra

Eligibility: English

...Unknown Kampar District 10 Sentana Adidaya Perkasa Monipolize importing fertilizer Source: Scale-Up, 2009. In 2005, Wilmar took over PT CRS from a local company. It inherited a dispute involving claims from the Kenegerian Pangean community group over 583 hectares of land that has been converted to oil palm. There are overlapping claims between the company, the commun...

Complaint > AES PNG-01/Roku Village

Appraisal: CAO Compliance Appraisal Report AES-PNG- April_27_2015

...unknowns related to the biodiversity value of the mangroves and marine communities, and associated impacts of the project. IFC’s early review did not identify issues related to the use of customary land by Indigenous Peoples. An ESIA and an Environmental Management Plan were prepared by the company during the course of IFC’s appraisal of the project. CAO notes that the ESIA did not mention issues related to the use of customary land by Indigenous Peoples. In May 2013, an E&S Review Summary (ESRS...