Complaint > Tax Administration Reform Project

Management Response: 64-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST 3. The Request for Inspection was submitted by members of the Officers of Customs and Excise Group Association (OCEGA) hereafter referred to as the “Requesters.” The Requesters have asked that their identities be kept confidential. 4. Attached to the Request are seven annexes in support of the Request. 5. Management understands that the Requesters have made the following claims: • That the World Bank, through the TARP, unduly pressured the Government of Pakistan t...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Management Response: 60-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST 3. The Request was submitted by representatives of a commune of the Municipality of Phnom Penh (MPP). The representatives, together with the people they represent, are collectively referred to as “the Requesters” or “REP” in this Response. The Requesters asked the Panel to keep confidential their names, the names of the people they represent and the name of the community. 4. Confidentiality of Requesters, communities and sources. At their request, the names of the Requesters ...

Complaint > Electricity Expansion Project

Management Response: Management Report and Recommendation

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 14/06 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Kenya: Electricity Expansion Project (“the Project”) financed by IDA (the Bank). The Request was submitted by members and representatives of a Maasai community resettled due to geothermal developments in the Greater Olkaria Geothermal Area in Nakuru County, Kenya, who have requested that their identities remain confidential (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). The Panel and the Complaint...

Complaint > Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project

Management Response: 36-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ05/1 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Cambodia Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project (“FCMCPP” or “the Project”), Credit No. 3365-KH, financed by the International Development Association (IDA). 2. Structure of the Text. The document contains the following sections: Section II provides information on the Request; Section III presents background information and analytical work on the Project, including the overall...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request for Inspection Panel Review of the Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project (“thc Rcqucst’) filed by the Pólo :Sin&caì dos Trabalhadores Rurais do Submédio São Francisco on hlu& i 9. i 997 Under the Board Resolution establishing the Inspection Panel (Resolution 93-10, 9.’LC!Y3) thrs Request is ineligible for consideration because more than 95% of the Loan Proceeds had bcen disbursed as of the date the Request was received. However, in the interest of trsnswnc’.. the following detail...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Response: 31-Management Response (English)

...Request. Annex 1 provides detailed responses to the specific claims made in the Request. II. THE REQUEST 5. The Request for Inspection was submitted by Corporación Cartagena Honesta (CCH, hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”) on its own behalf and on behalf of 125 residents of Punta Canoa, 139 residents of Arroyo de Piedra, 41 residents of Manzanillo, and 119 residents of Cartagena. 6. Attached to the Request are: (1) Power of Represen...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request for Inspection (“Request”) of the NTPC Power Generation Project (Ln. 3632-IN) (“the Project”) on behalf of a number of small and marginal cultivators in the Singrauli region to the Bank’s Inspection Panel on May 1, 1997. On May 2, 1997, the Inspection Panel notified the Executive Directors and the Bank President about the registration of the Request. The Request for Inspection alleged that the Bank violated five of the Bank’s Operational Policies and Directives, namely: OP 10.04 Economic...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Management Response: 46-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ07/03 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Albania: Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project (Credit No. 3872-ALB) financed by the International Development Association (IDA). The Request for Inspection was submitted by the “Civic Alliance for the Protection of the Bay of Vlora on behalf of local residents living in Vlora” (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Commissioned Studies-Technical Review of Source Water Quantity

...Presidential Decree No. 14522, dated 16 May 1970, gives priority to drinking water supply. Decree 14522 assigns 40 million cubic meters (MCM) of Litani water and other sources of water to “potable water and water for industrial purposes.” Further, it specifies that “The State is . . . entitled to decrease the quantities allocated for irrigation as per table 2 by 25 percent and, if necessary, add this 25 percent to the 50 million m3 allocated for potable water,...

Complaint > El Dorado International Airport

Management Response: Submission of the final document to the Board of Executive Directors for consideration

...Request was declared eligible for the Consultation Phase in November 2011, and was processed under that Phase until March 2014, when the MICI concluded the process in view of the infeasibility of reaching an agreement. In August 2014, according to the Requesters’ wishes, the Request was transferred to the Compliance Review Phase, and after the Requesters were given the opportunity to complement the allegations, the President of the Panel declared it eligible in November 2...

Complaint > Rio Bogota Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project

Management Response: 108-Management Response(English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 16/03 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Colombia: Rio Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project (P111479, the Project), financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank). 2. Two Requests (registered together) were submitted by members of the “Mesa Ciudadana Cortijo Tibaguya” and “Fundación Colectivo Somos Uno” (“the Requesters”), respectively, who asked the Panel to keep individua...

Complaint > Lom Pangar Hydropower Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request is identical to the report submitted to the GRS in 2016). 22. The Requesters did not submit, with their Request, any information in addition to the 2015 report to substantiate their allegations. 23. The Requesters acknowledge their engagement with the GRS, but maintain that their problems remained unsolved. As the Requesters asked the Inspection Panel to keep their identities confidential, Management is unable to fully ascertain whether the Requesters are the same managerial empl...

Complaint > Parana Biodiversity Project

Management Response: 41-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ06/04 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Brazil: Paraná Biodiversity Project (PBP) financed under the Global Environment Facility (GEF Trust Fund 051007). 2. Structure of the Text. Section II of this document outlines the Request. Section III provides project background. Section IV discusses issues raised by the Request. Section V presents Management’s response. Annex 1 presents the Requesters’ claims, together with Management’s de...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Response: 32-First Management Response (English)

...REQUEST 4. The Request for Inspection was submitted by members of the United Shop Own- ers Association, a non-governmental organization, on its own behalf and on behalf of 118 residents of Mumbai who claim to be adversely affected by the Project (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 5. Attached to the Request are: (i) Letter from the United Shop Owners Association to the Commissioner, MMRDA, dated December 8, 2003, concerning a request for information...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Response: 44-Management Report and Recommendation

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ07/1 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the then proposed Uganda Private Power Generation (Bujagali) Project (“Bujagali Project”, or “the Project”), for which the International Development Association (IDA) is providing a Partial Risk Guarantee. The Request for Inspection was submitted by the Ugandan National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) and other local organizations and individuals (hereafter referred to as the “Req...

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

Management Response: 103-Management Report and Recommendation

...Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. Management responded to the claims in the Request on July 27, 2015. 3. In its Report to the Board, the Panel found the Request eligible and recommended that the Executive Directors authorize an investigation. The investigation was authorized by the Executive Directors on September 17, 2015. 4. On September 12, 2016, the Panel issued its report outlining the fi...

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

Management Response: Management Response (English)

...Requester dated July 7, 1 9 9 4 requested documentation. T h e response, dated July 18, 1 9 9 4 , referred t h e Requester t o the Project Information Center in Kathmandu, which h o u s e s all the requested documentation. We also enclosed a list of t h e documentation available a t t h e World Bank’s Public Information Center (PIC) in Washington. A second letter from the Requester dated October 7, 1 9 9 4 requested a lis...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Response: Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection was submitted by residents of Chamoli district in the State of Uttarakhand, who have requested that their identity remain confidential, and by Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala of Tehri district, also in the State of Uttarakhand (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. The Management responded to the claims in the Request on October 24, 2012. In its Report to the Board...

Complaint > Electricity Expansion Project

Management Response: Addendum to Management Report and Recommendation

...Request for Inspection. On November 13, 2014, the Inspection Panel registered a Request for Inspection (IPN Request RQ 14/06) concerning the KEEP. The Request was submitted by members and representatives of a Maasai community resettled due to the Project- supported geothermal developments in the Greater Olkaria Geothermal Area in Nakuru County, Kenya. The Project is co-financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The same concerns brought to the Panel were raised with the ...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Management Response: 62-Management Response (English)

...Requesters and NGOs 102. The Bank’s first engagement with NGOs regarding the SADP occurred during the November 2002 identification mission, and with the Requesters in January 2004. Since then, the Bank has proactively engaged with the Requesters’ representatives, and representatives of other NGOs; has maintained correspondence with the Requesters; and has reiterated its interest in continuing engagement with the Requesters. 103. Over the Project preparation period, the Requesters’ concerns have ...