Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Filing: Complaint

...compensation was issued in 2012 and 2013, as detailed in Table 2. ii. Table 2: 2012 and 2013 compensation 2012 and 2013 compensation Additional comments 2012 and 2013 lost harvest and lost food As well as replicating earlier flaws in the security: We understand that most (if not all) calculation of 2011 compensation, this round of families received additional compensation comp...

Complaint > Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Management Response: Management Response

...cash compensation for land acquisition or economic affectation. d. EPM, through the local NGO Codesarrollo (today called Socya, a Colombian Corporation), provided support to the resettled families and monitored their socioeconomic conditions and performance. EPM’s 2013 report on the conditions of the displaced families, with Codesarollo’s support, found that: (i) 100% of the beneficiaries of the resettled program received a house, and 89% could keep their economic project reaching...

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Appraisal: Assessment Report Public Disclosure

...Compensation Plan that envisaged a land for land compensation option for the affected farmers. Despite being the preferred option, the materialization of the land for land solution was not ultimately possible. As a result, a cash compensation for the loss of land, combined with temporary compensations for food security and loss of income, were disbursed. The last disbursement of cash compensation was made in 2014, having been initiated on September 2011. Additionally, the Plan comprised differen...

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Management Response: Management Response

...compensation to do an evaluation/audit. The letter focused on the resettlement and more specifically on the compensation calculations, the number of affected families and the compensation amounts, the choice of compensation (land for land versus cash for land), and consultation with the natural leaders.19 2.2 A meeting between ActionAid Haiti, the CPVTC, the AREDE, the UTE and the IDB was held on the 5th of May 2016 to go over the information request...

Complaint > Porce III Hydroelectric Power Plant

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...compensation for involuntary resettlement, Management states that EPM provided a comprehensive compensation and rehabilitation package to minimize the project’s adverse impacts. The solutions offered, which it notes were agreed upon with the affected individuals and communities in a participatory manner, included: (i) resettlement to a similar area; (ii) resettlement to the main towns of the area; and (iii) direct cash compensation. Management also states that support was...

Complaint > Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Timeline: Preparation of Draft Recommendation and ToRs due date

...cash compensation at full replacement cost following laws and regulations applicable in Costa Rica.”21 It adds that the criteria for land valuation are described in the strategic framework and that the land expropriation process and corresponding compensation are under judicial review in the national courts. IV. THE MICI PROCESS TO DATE 4.1 The Request was received by the MICI on 16 September 2016. In accordance with the ...

Complaint > Productive Infrastructure Program - Request II: Caracol Industrial Park (MICI)

Dispute Resolution: Consultation Phase Report Public Disclosure

...compensation payments were not commensurate with the losses they incurred as a result of their displacement. They point out that the provision of cash compensation was not sustainable and did not enable them to restore their livelihoods. In particular, they assert that the compensation failed to take account of the increased cost of living stemming from the PIC’s location in the area and the value of the investments made in the land they had been f...

Complaint > Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Management Response

...cash compensation at full replacement cost following laws and regulations applicable in Costa Rica. The criteria for land valuation are also detailed in the Marco Estrategico. The land expropriation process and related compensation are currently under judicial review in Costa Rica. 4.4.3 It is also worth noting that as part of the implementation of the Project, ICE has acquired approximately 1,900 hectares extending to 137 properties. These processes e...

Complaint > Low-Income Neighborhood Improvement Program - Habitar Brasil

Dispute Resolution: Issuance of Consultation Phase Report

...compensation for the furniture. 6. In July 2013, the Mayor, Mr. Carlinhos Almeida, notified the Requesters that he was waiting for the legal report on the legal status of the compensation for the furniture to be able to make a decision. 7. In October 2013, following prior consultation and a favorable opinion issued by the Secretary of Legal Affairs on the possibility of formalizing an agreement, the Mayor announced his intention to pay the compensation in full, but that for budgetary reas...

Complaint > Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Eligibility: Eligibility Memorandum Public Disclosure

...cash compensation at full replacement cost following laws and regulations applicable in Costa Rica.”12 3.13 In its Response, Management notes the existence of five legal cases pending in Costa Rica on matters concerning the Request, as indicated in Table 2. However, it must be noted that the second and fifth cases are the same. As a result, it would appear that there are four active legal cases. ...

Complaint > La Paz Storm Drainage Program II

Appraisal: Issuance of draft recommendation and TORs

...cash flow, claims the requester, also caused him to default on his payment obligations with suppliers. This, in turn, meant that he could not restock his inventory, which led to a further decline in business income. -7- 2.7 Lastly, the requester states that 2.8 Among other allegations, the requester indicates . The requester also claimed that houses near ...

Complaint > Reventazon Hydroelectric Power Project

Management Response: Management Response

...cash compensation at full replacement cost following laws and regulations applicable in Costa Rica. The criteria for land valuation are also detailed in the Marco Estrategico. The land expropriation process and related compensation are currently under judicial review in Costa Rica. 4.4.3 It is also worth noting that as part of the implementation of the Project, ICE has acquired approximately 1,900 hectares extending to 137 properties. These processes e...

Complaint > La Paz Storm Drainage Program II

Compliance Report: Distribution of Panel Report to the Board of Executive Directors

...compensation or offsets should be implemented. Generally speaking, the documents reviewed envisaged that both the program and the work would have a markedly positive environmental and social impact, since they would -4- improve living conditions by preventing flooding and emergencies and reducing property damage and apprehension about disasters in at-risk areas. However, it was also thought that the works could cause local adverse impacts of low to...

Complaint > Program to Improve Highway Corridors in Paraguay

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...cash income for the community by selling this famous Paraguayan tea to a U.S.-based organic drinks company. In addition, they have begun to plant stevia (Stevia rebaudiana), which is native to Paraguay and serves as a sweetener. The Aché have been successful in achieving credibility and support both inside and outside of Paraguay. As a result they have been able to generate the resources that have allowed them to put in place a rudimentary infrastructure in their community. Harvesting of traditi...