Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 19-Investigation Report (English)

...wind and wave action linked to the El Nino phenomenon. Some attributed it to the biological control 40 program which was in progress at the time. Some attributed it to a combination of the above and other factors. The question remains marked by uncertainty. 125. Just before the Panel’s second visit, the Kenyan Project Management declared victory over the water hyacinth. Sober second thoughts, h...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 31-Informe de Investigación (Español)

...Wind-Forced Response on a Buoyant Coastal Current: Observations of the Western Gulf of Maine Plume. Journal of Marine Systems. Vol 12. 69-81. Fong D.A. y Geyer W.R. 2001. Response of a River Plume During an Upwelling Favorable Wind Event. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol 106 (C1), 1067-1084. Fratantoni D.M. y Richardson P.L. 1999. SOFAR float Observations of an Intermediate- Depth Eastern Boundary Current and Mesoscale Variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Physical O...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project

Compliance Report: 84 - Investigation Report (English)

...wind” resulting in great harm to their cultural identity. The Panel also heard concerns that the provision of compensation to individual families in lieu of a properly planned resettlement process is contrary to the vital importance of recognizing the collective nature of customary rights of indigenous peoples, including their collective attachment to the forests. Moreover, the Panel was told that there were major concerns about the accuracy of the lists of people identified for the initiative. ...

Complaint > Proposed Kosovo Power Project and Second Additional Financing Energy Sector Clean-up and Land Reclamation Project

Compliance Report: 103-Inspection Panel Investigation Report(English)

...wind, biomass, and biogas-fired power generation, upgrading Kosovo B, and constructing a new 600-MW coal power plant. 35 These criteria are (i) a demonstrated developmental impact of the project including improving overall energy security, reducing power shortage, or access for the poor; (ii) assistance provided to identify and prepare low- carbon projects; (iii) optimized energy sources, looking at the possibility of meeting the country‘s needs through energy efficiency (both supply and dem...

Complaint > Program to Improve Highway Corridors in Paraguay

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...window was growing, particularly the share of the Inter- American Investment Corporation (IIC); and the technical assistance program was extensive and going beyond the areas covered by loan operations. The technical cooperation portfolio included projects in the Social Entrepreneurship Program. 2.57 With respect to the undisbursed portfolio at the time, the largest share, i.e. 54 percent, was destined for the infrastructure sector, while 17.3 percent corresponds to poverty-re...

Complaint > Sustainable Urban Transport Investment Program - Tranche 3

Compliance Report: CRP's Final Report in English[PDF] and in Georgian [PDF]

...wind systems. The city has a preload significantly above the WHO interim targets. Table 2 points to the high preload value for all SO2, NO2, and PM10. 15 WBG EHS Guidelines – Air Emissions and Ambient Air Quality Guideline, p. 4 (30 April 2007) at http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/532ff4804886583ab4d6f66a6515bb18/1- 1%2BAir%2BEmissions%2Band%2BAmbient%2BAir%2BQuality.pdf?MOD=AJPERES 16 See IEE page 111-113, where reference is made to “Georgian Permissive Threshold Concentrations of ...

Complaint > Energy Resources Phase II & Oyu Tolgoi

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report (OT)

...wind events and during times when vegetation is sparse’, particularly March, April and May. Therefore, the Client was fully aware of the risks posed by increased dust from heavy traffic related to Project construction and operation, which led to the development of the dust monitoring programme described in Chapter D2: Atmospheric Emissions Management Plan of the ESIA. 198 77. The ESIA baseline assessment further considered Project-related traffi...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Compliance Report: 40-Investigation Report (English)

...windows and doors to the new house) was to be included in the negotiated prices based on OPTS rates adjusted for inflation. The moving expenses of commercial structure were to be included if they were not replaced.218 191. The RAP also used the cash compensation to mitigate the loss of food sources of some subsistence PAPs, both tenants and owners, who were to “receive a substantial amount of cash part of which would be used for fo...

Complaint > El Dorado International Airport

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...window. Development of the Project was entrusted to the private consortium Sociedad Concesionaria Operadora Aeroportuaria Internacional S.A. (OPAIN) under a concession agreement entered into with Aerocivil in 2006 for a term of 20 years. The concession agreement provided for the modernization and expansion of the Airport, including the construction of: (i) a new terminal to provide domestic and international air transportation services; (ii) new cargo facilities, including additional parking pos...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Compliance Report: 62-Investigation Report (English)

...window of opportunity to resume lending, was rushed and would have "benefited from a more complete preparation of the arrangements for the operation of the RMTFs and finalization of the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the consultancies under the Project.‖45 37. Project Status. Management states that two years after Board approval "…key Project activities including road reconstruction and maintenance, infill planting and provision of local services and inf...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Compliance Report: 16-Investigation Report (English)

...windbreaks and sand consolidation vegetation in the surrounding areas. This may lead to soil desertification in the cutting areas; 2) If farmland shelter belts or windbreaks are not adequately developed into a system in a timely manner or are destroyed, it will cause soil desertification or will result in a reduction of crop yield in the development area; 3) The accidental break down of the water supply systems and/or irrigation facilities will result in a reduction in agricultural, forestry and...