Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation(English)

...Child Labor 45. The Bank takes child labor issues very seriously and has a clear position to help reduce harmful child labor through its ongoing poverty reduction efforts. Management identified that the Contractor determines its workers’ age through an ID check before they are hired. During the September mission, the Bank supported the Borrower’s efforts to review the Contractor’s labor registry, interview members and leaders of the community, and speak with a sample of children living in n...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Eligibility: Management Report and Recommendation(English)

...child labor workers on RN2 have work contracts. A copy of their ID has been archived. in the Project. Contracts were amended twice to harmonize them with national labor laws. Contracts were cleared by the relevant labor authorities. Management acknowledged issues While this is not covered under Bank policies, some workers were underpaid as related to workers’ health a result of an unfavorable exchange rate. Specifically, 499 work...