Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Filing: Complaint

...compensation should also be land-based.30 In violation of this requirement, Altain Khuder only offered cash compensation. For herders, whose livelihoods are entirely land based, cash compensation is not an appropriate means of compensation, all the more so because of the customary land arrangements which does not allow land to be purchased. Cash compensation thus does not enable resettled herders to find new land, and since Altain Khuder also failed to provide this the resettled herders currentl...

Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...compensation. According to Complainants, the company’s resettlement programme included cash compensation, but not allocation of new land. The company negotiated with individual herders, with no involvement from local authorities. The soum administration was unsure of its role, and individual herders did not have sufficient information to negotiate in an informed and equal manner. 16. According to Complainants, the payment of cash instead of land compen...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Filing: Complaint

...Cash Compensation or Replacement Housing Violates PR 5(34) The Bank has been on notice that the cash compensation scheme for the expropriated properties and for residents subject to forced resettlement fails to comply with PR 5’s insistence that “adequate… cash compensation be made available to physically displaced community members prior to relocation.”256 In August 2011, when EBRD officials visited the Vreoci mining region and met with community members, the Bank recorded “allegations ...

Complaint > Altain Khuder debt & equity

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...cash instead of land compensation is inherently inadequate because herders cannot use cash to obtain replacement land. On the one hand, accepting cash compensation for land is seen as wrongfully selling communally owned land to the company, and on the other hand, herders cannot simply purchase new land, both because land is allocated at periodic bagh meetings where other herders may object, and because suitable land may be unavailable. 69. An interpretation of pastoral rights to land has been of...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...Cash Compensation or Replacement Housing Violates PR 5(34) The Bank has been on notice that the cash compensation scheme for the expropriated properties and for residents subject to forced resettlement fails to comply with PR 5’s insistence that “adequate… cash compensation be made available to physically displaced community members prior to relocation.”256 In August 2011, when EBRD officials visited the Vreoci mining region and met with community members, the Bank recorded “allegations ...

Complaint > Maritsa East Mines (BEH Bond Issue)

Filing: Complaint

...compensation – we are offered either cash or like-for-like buildings that are more than 15 km from the municipal center center, close to TPP2. On the method of assessing compensation - there is no such method yet apart from the regular sale at the moment, where assessors evaluate and their assessment is further examined and accepted by the Maritsa East Mines. The company decides whether they will lower or increase the values given in the evaluation without clear methodology. Additional infrastru...

Complaint > EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for PSI (English)

...compensation to enable them to relocate. • Some Complainants would consider partial compensation once the authorities decided to pay for their expropriated assets. • Complainants expressed fear that they could be put on street at a short notice if no one takes their cases seriously. • Complainants asserted that the information the Bank has received from the Client about temporary accommodation offe...

Complaint > Maritsa East Mines (BEH Bond Issue)

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report for PSI

...compensation – we are offered either cash or like-for-like buildings that are more than 15 km from the municipal centre, close to TPP2. On the method of assessing compensation 17 - there is no such method yet apart from the regular sale at the moment, where assessors evaluate and their assessment is further examined and accepted by the Maritsa East Mines. The company decides whether they will lo...

Complaint > Shuakhevi HPP

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...cash compensation paid by the company, as advised by ARUP in 2016, AGL followed principles of Appendix F for all land acquisition and compensation transaction. In particular, Item 6: Ensure gender-sensitive procedures are used during the compensation process. For example, spouses of compensation recipients should be duly informed about the amount and timing of compensations paid to their households. Spouses attended negotiation process and also signed ...

Complaint > IPP4 Al-Manakher Power Project

Filing: Complaint

...compensation. Affected households and communities should also have the opportunity for informed participation in key phases of resettlement planning so that the mitigation of adverse project impacts is appropriate and the potential benefits of resettlement are sustainable. IFC PS#5-GN11 states that Compensation alone does not guarantee the restoration or improvement of the livelihoods and social welfare of displaced households and communities. Restoration and improvement of livelihoods often ...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...compensation, recruitment, nominations, planning and procurement. The loan proceeds will be used to restructure EPS’s balance sheet, replacing short and medium term financial debt incurred to alleviate a critical cash situation created by the unprecedented and catastrophic floods in Serbia in 2014. For the purpose of this Compliance Review Report, the restructuring plan will be referred to as “the EPS Restructuring Project” or the “Project”. According to the Bank Management response, “the refina...

Complaint > Energy Resources Phase II & Oyu Tolgoi

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report (OT)

...Compensation and Mitigation Measures, including alleged failures regarding: a. Alternative project design to avoid or minimise physical and/or economic displacement; b. Inadequate compensation framework; and c. Updated compensation framework. 3. Issues related to PR 7: Indigenous Peoples; 4. Issues related to PR 8: Cultural Heritage; and 5. Issues related to PR 10: Information Dis...

Complaint > GEORGIA - Jvari-Khorga Interconnection

Compliance Report: Compliance Review Report

...cash-flow position. JSL’s financial position was rechecked at the second stage of the tendering process. JSL is currently insolvent, but arrangements are due to be finalised imminently, which will either result in bankruptcy or in a takeover of the company by management. 12. At the time of the tendering process, JSL was listed among the top five Indian construction companies and had a very professional website identifying its track record of successfully completed infras...

Complaint > EPS Restructuring

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...cash situation created by the unprecedented and catastrophic floods in Serbia in 2014. The Bank expects to lengthen the tenors and provide terms more consistent with EPS’s operations. The Project addresses a key transition challenge in the country of improving the operations and commercialisation of the vertically integrated electricity company EPS. Through the Project the Bank has engaged with the authorit...