Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Action Plan: 34-Second Management Progress Report Annex (English)

...changes in habitat and changes in the chemical-biological profile of the dhands might mean for these species. Despite the remarkable recovery of Nurri Lagoon in 2006, the precipitous declines in the number of birds and species since 2001 is likely to be indicative of important changes in habitat and possibly the chemical and biological profile of the dhands, but the knowledge base does not exist to determine what these may be, and hence, at present it is not really possible to develop and implem...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...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 > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Second Report and Recommendation

...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 > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...change over time. Changes in the implementation plan now guarantee an improved, more confidential, and more reliable consultation and decision-making input process. The second question raised by the Request was in regard to whether any meaningful consultations are possible in the political context of China. As illustrated above in the context of this Project, in Management’s judgement, consultations with affected people can be effectively carried out in China as envisaged in, and for the purpose...

Complaint > Second Rural Enterprise Support Project

Management Response: 89-Management Response and Addendum (English)

...climate change and the growing environmental and social problems associated with cotton production, bring urgency to shifting the existing cropping pattern away from cotton to other crops such as fruits and vegetables. In line with this, the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2012–15 supports activities to diversify production into non-cotton higher value agricultural products. The Request vi. The Request for Inspection was submitted by three NGOs on behalf of others who declare they...

Complaint > Mongolia Mining Infrastructure Investment Support (P118109) and Mining Infrastructure Investment Support - Additional Financing

Eligibility: 102-Second Report and Recommendation(English)

...change and redistribute the annual run-off of the Selenge and its tributaries. In their view, these changes would have damaging effects on the already vulnerable and unique ecosystem of Lake Baikal, 8 Management Response: 29, 30. 9 Management Response: 30. 8 as the river’s annual run off is one of the main factors that guarantee its ecological integrity. A redistribution of the run off could have highly detrimental effects, including e...

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

Management Response: 54-Réponse de la Direction (Français)

...change virtuel de 200 FC pour 1 dollar. Avec un taux de change au prix du marché de 360 FC pour 1 dollar au moment du calcul, la Gécamines avait la possibilité d’alléger ses charges salariales en équiva- lent dollar. Dans ses calculs, J. Catry proposait de : i) payer l’enveloppe des indemnités de licenciement en dollars, ce qui permettait aux bénéficiaires de courir moins de risque de dépréciation monétaire ; et ii) recourir à un taux de change de 360 FC pour 1 dollar. •...

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

Compliance Report: 24-Investigation Report (English)

...change resources because some large sources of foreign exchange (including current private transfers, current transfers to government and net concessional medium and long term loans) were assumed to be independent of the slippage variables. It is not explained why these assumptions were justified. It is noted, though, that a 20 per cent annual reduction in these factors would raise the PPA payment to foreign exchange ratio – and as the ratio rises, so does the ...

Complaint > Amaravati Sustainable Capital City Development Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Third Report and Recommendation(English)

...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 > Governance Promotion Adjustment Loan

Filing: 25-Request for Inspection (English)

...changed in the alienation of their timber resources. In 1990 the World Bank and other donors began to support the State in its attempts to re-assert control over the logging industry. While new legislation and a series of donor -funded activities brought some change, real change was slow in coming and sometimes difficult to see. Certainly, governance was absent in 1994, when a Minister for Forests unlawfully allowed a logging company to begin a road-line clearance of the claimants l...

Complaint > Protection of Basic Services Program Phase II Additional Financing and Promoting Basic Services Phase III Project

Filing: 82-Request for Inspection (English)

...changed in 2005. In the aftermath of the national election that year, State security forces reacted to protests with excessive force, killing 200 and arresting over 30,000 people.45 These State-perpetrated abuses led to a suspension of direct budget support by the World Bank and other members of the Development Assistance Group (DAG), a consortium of 26 donors to Ethiopia. 36. Noting the risks of continuing direct budget support in this political environment, ...

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

Filing: 37-Request for Inspection Annex 25

...changed. Typologies exercises conducted by the FATF have indicated increasing use of bureaux de change in laundering operations. Hence it is important that there should be effective counter-measures in this area. This Interpretative Note clarifies the application of FATF Recommendations concerning the financial sector in relation to bureaux de change and, where appropriate, sets out options for their implementation. Definition of Bureaux de Change For the purpose of this Note, bureaux de cha...

Complaint > Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project and Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Project - Additional Financing

Management Response: 115-Management Response-17Feb2017

...change; small towns will become bigger cities, communities will require more water for agriculture and recreation. Predicting future water needs for the county would require the AWSB to develop a predictive model, based on population growth, life style trends, climate change etc. Such a model would support the Murang’a County government Technical report that the Murang’a Rivers cannot support designed flow for extraction. 21. 5. Regardless of the Consensus...

Complaint > Second Rural Enterprise Support Project

Filing: 89-Request for Inspection (English and Russian)

...climate,any investment in the agricultural system merely sustains the state-order system and forced labor which underpins it. In addition, the massive and nationwide forced labor of government employees strains the delivery of many public services, including essential medical care and education. Just in Tashkent, approximately 11,000 nurses and doctors from hospitals and clinics were sent to the fields during the 2012 cotton harvest. As in previous years so in 2012, both high school and uni...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, Management of the Petroleum Economy Project, and Petroleum Sector Management Capacity Building Project

Project Document: Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project Program Performance and Assessment Report

...changes in the EMP-proposed by IFC and supported by the ECMG-related to the in-fill drilling program and the dramatic increase in the project’s footprint in Chad. The client believes that it i s legally bound to the required actions detailed in the EMP and new issues that have emerged can be addressed by changes in the implementation procedures (internal execution procedures) without the need to change the EMP principles which have been defined at the beginning o f the project. W h i l e th...

Complaint > Paraguay/Argentina Reform Project for the Water and Telecommunication Sectors, SEGBA V Power Distribution Project (Yacyreta)

Management Action Plan: 26-Third Management Progress Report-20 December 2006

...changes to the local authorities in order to allow more flexible resettlement planning and to accommodate some resettlers closer to the city center. 16. Third, EBY’s revised PARR called for publishing a l i s t o f all persons/families entitled to housing, with a period o f 30 days to make additional claims. That is, families not included o n the l i s t could f i l e for entitlement within the 30-day period. The Bank observed that this would be a reasonable approach which, if handled properly,...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, and Petroleum Environment Capacity Enhancement Project

Management Response: 27-Management Response (English)

...change in the EMP itself, the Change Management Process described in the EMP will be put into effect. Insufficient Analysis of Alternatives – Management believes that the analysis of alternatives was carried out correctly, and that the Pipeline Project, in combination with the CAPECE Project, will bring net benefits to Cameroon. Cumulative Impacts - Management takes the position that the EA/EMP took into account the cumulative impacts a...

Complaint > Paraguay/Argentina Reform Project for the Water and Telecommunication Sectors, SEGBA V Power Distribution Project (Yacyreta)

Management Response: 26-Management Response (English)

...changes or deterioration and allowing public scrutiny of • No significant changes in chemical and its operation and related impacts. physical parameters in reservoir • Continue to closely monitor • In fact, filling the reservoir by stages has EBY-IDB bidding process for allowed flushing effect and washing away ...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Other: GBV Task Force Recommendations

...change in recent years in terms of organizational structure and of fundamental policies and processes, including ongoing implementation of the new Procure- ment Framework and the roll out of the new ESF. Repeated organizational change can contribute to general fatigue toward new initiatives. Together these present obstacles to building an effective response. These barriers to change are compounded by the sensitive nature of the issue. The Bank’s social development staff are motivated by th...

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

Management Response: 54-Deuxième Réponse de la Direction et Rapport d’avancement (Français)

...changes entre la Banque mon- consultations suspendues à la paroisse de Fatima à Kinshasa. diale et les syndicats représentant les anciens sala- riés des banques en liquidation entre 2003 et 2007. 26 septembre 2003 : Un courrier électronique de [le Consultant] infor- Au travers de ces échanges, la Direction s’est effor- mant les représentants des anciens salariés de la non-objection de la ...