Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Filing: 62-Request for Inspection (English)

...change mitigation: Given the calamity of global warming and climate change Impact on environment, Inff8structure, livelihood, medical prosperity, oil palm expansion will continue to aeate many ecological foot prints. Biofuel or agrofuells not the answer to mitigating the reduction In rising global carbon gases and other greenhouse gases emissions Into the atmosphere. Continuous forest ciearances for 011 palm expansion would oontlnue to compound and exacerbate the emission of carbon g...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Seventh Management Progress Report-20 Feb 2018

...Climate ƒ Management will follow up on GoU’s commitment to Completed Change and Hydrology disclose the Lake Victoria hydrological (water releases) Risks; Potential Impacts on information and make it available to the East African Lake Victoria; Alternative Community. Project Configurations (OP4.01) 10. Final Progress Report. The sixth Progress Report, presented in February 2017, reported that all actions under the MAP had been completed, ...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Compliance Report: 34-Investigation Report (English)

...Changes over Time in the Area of the Cholri Weir 58 Figure 9: Core Project Are a and Components of LBOD Project 61 Figure 10 : Remote Sensing Images of Changes at Pateji Dhand 81 Figure 11 : Remote Sensing Images of Changes at Me hro, Sanhro and Cholri Dhands 84 Figure 12: Remote Sensing Ima...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Inspection Panel Report - Follow-up to Board Decision of March 10, 2011

...changes associated with eutrophic waters. Given that the storage capacity of Joun Reservoir is relatively small in volume (0.18 Mm3), and water detention time at a typical average flow rate of 3 m3/s would be too short for eutrophication within the reservoir itself to be the cause, it is likely that the water quality changes are indicative of eutrophication in upstream sources. 33. The Panel‟s expert has further noted that fluctuations in color and ammonia in the Joun Re...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Eligibility: 16-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Climate • Agricultural and Livestock Climate Resources Analysis of Qinghai and Their Zoning, 1985 by Qinghai Research Institute of Meteorology Sciences • Climate Observation Information, 1990-1996 Hydrology • Soil and Water Conservation Program of the Typical Watersheds in Loess Plateau Area of East Qinghai, 1986, by Qinghai Provincial Water Conservancy Department* • Qinghai Stat...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Eligibility: 34-Eligibility Report (English)

...climates near the sea, waterlogging can also produce increased salinity. 8 5. The Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS) brought water to the basin but did not have an outlet to the sea to drain off surplus water. 9 In other words, there was an extensive irrigation system, but no corresponding interconnected drainage network. Much of the drainage either stayed in the irrigation system itself or was disbursed into rivers and streams. The reten...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Climate Resilient Flood Mitigation. The objective of this proposed component would be to build sustainable and climate resilient infrastructure in Amaravati City by supporting its integration with the natural surroundings, riverfront, and greenery. This component would finance: (i) flood mitigation works that include improving the carrying capacity of 26.5 km of the Kondaveeti Vagu River and its inflowing streams, including Erravagu, Kootella Vagu,...

Complaint > Boosting Human Capital and Productivity Development Policy Financing with a Deferred Drawdown Option

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration

...changed to only include companies that repeat infractions within the same six-month period, so that “[e]very six months their slate is wiped clean, and infractions committed more than six months ago are forgotten.” 12 • The shortened review period for environmental assessments to 45 days and changes in land policies introduced in Articles 20 to 22 of the law have “reduced incentives for oil companies to strictly comply with environmental stand...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) - 1st request

Management Response: 66-Management Response (English)

...changed between the Committee for Roads and representatives of the Coalition of NGOs to discuss issues raised by the local population, particularly changes to the road design along Birlik settlement. This has resulted in the Committee for Roads being more responsive to concerns raised by the public. v South-West Roads Project Management’s Response The Requesters’ claims, accompanied by Management’s detailed ...

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)

...Climate Change SMELT Stepwise Mining Expansion and Land Take TA Technical Assistance ToR Terms of Reference UNMIK United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo USAID United States Agency for International Development US$ United States Dollar WBG World Bank Group ii Table of Contents Acknowledgements...................................................................

Complaint > Kenya Energy Sector Recovery Project

Filing: 79-Request for Inspection (English)

...climate changes to a more drought-prone regime? Over the past few months, a private company has systematically destroyed the Chalbi wetland in preparation for their proposed development. Kara and Green Belt Movement objections have been disregarded by the developer and a site house haS been constructed and a bore-hole drilled despite, it is believed, that there is no such provision for a borehole within the Nema approved EIA. Residents' opinions have not been sought and Nema secretly approved th...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Response Annexes 2-8

...change for a comprehensive turnkey contract, plus another $ 5 to $10 million for improvements to the electro-mechanical works, bringing the total EPC cost increase into a range of $30 to $35 millions, nominal and undiscounted. At the same time, BEL and the contractor are negotiating an incentive scheme to accelerate commissioning by 3 to 4 months, which would create for Uganda a real economic cost saving on thermal plant operation estimated at $30 to $40 million (in dollars of 2006). The net imp...

Complaint > Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project

Filing: Additional Request for Inspection (English)

...changes in the project during implementation.” Rather than change the project to reduce the environmental and social impacts in light of repeated violations of loan agreements and project documents, the Banks changed the project to allow the borrower to delay implementation of these neglected components. 65. Finally, the Banks did not adequately exercise their remedies when the borrower failed to comply with project conditions. (OD 13.05, para 41). In particular, the Banks should have suspe...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Eligibility: 62-Eligibility Report (English)

...changed to ensure project sustainability, and (e) proper consultation is undertaken to ensure communities give their free, prior and informed consent to all components ofthe project". 19. Based on the foregoing, the Requesters ask that the Inspection Panel conduct an investigation of the matters described in the Request for Inspection. 20. The above claims may constitute, inter alia, non-compliance by the Bank with various provisions of the following Operational Policies and Proc...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Second Management Progress Report

...Climate GoU disclosed the Lake Change and Victoria hydrological (water Hydrology releases) starting in 2008, and Risks; Potential since then, the information has Impacts on Lake been made available to the EAC Victoria; on a regular basis. Alternative Project Configurations (OP4.01) II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND STATUS 4. The U ganda Private Power Generation ( ...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Compliance Report: 16-Investigation Report (English)

...changed. In each case in which the autonomous status was changed, it involved a request by the autonomous area to be upgraded to a municipality (which is not eligible to be treated as an autonomous area) or a request by the minority nationality for the entire community to be moved to another area.8 Thus, the Commission advised that mere changes in numbers or concentration of the minority nationality living in the area do not trigger the loss of s...

Complaint > Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Project (First Request)

Management Action Plan: 54-Second Management Response and Report on Progress (English)

...climate reforms to generate growth, and the need to pursue the restruc- turing of other parastatals, additional financing of US$60 million was approved for the project in April 2008, and the project was extended at that time to December 31, 2012. The purpose of the additional financing was to support investment climate reform activi- ties and jump start the reform of SNCC, the public railway, while a proposed World Bank-financed transport operation was being prepared. The Mid-Term Review of June...

Complaint > Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 3rd Request

Eligibility: 51-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...changes at high trafficked intersections – National Roads 34 and Rosario Santa Fe Freeway – and overpasses for railroad crossings; (v) ground-level interchanges at intersections with provincial and rural roads; and (vi) turn lanes and returns at intervals of about 4-6 kilometers to facilitate safe access to properties along the corridor.  Component 2 – Institutional Strengthening (estimated cost US$ 2.8 million, ...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Eligibility: 67-Eligibility Report (English)

...Climate Change (UNFCCC).10 8. The Project consists of a 70 MW run-of-river11 hydropower plant, located on the Laja River; 8 km downstream of the existing Rucúe hydropower plant (160 MW). The Quilleco power plant is designed for a water flow of 130m3/s taken from the water discharged from the Rucúe plant. The project will generate on average about 422 GWh per year, with a firm power capacity of approximately 47 MW. The Project will feed into the Central Interconnected Sys...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...change and shifting priorities took their toll on execution. Lack of cooperation among different agencies and the politicization of resettlement caused additional problems. As a consequence of these factors, long delays and cost overruns affected implementation. Current program costs are estimated at more than double the o r i g d estimates and approximately 3,560 of the 5,800 farming families affected by the dam are still awaiting completion of imgation on their lots. Nevertheless, dur...