Complaint > Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Project

Registration: 95-Notice of Non-Registration(English)

...Request meets basic requirements for Registration, but based on agreement from both Requesters and Management to seek an opportunity to resolve the concerns, the Panel can postpone its decision to register the Request and instead initiate a Pilot Approach. -2- Departments of San Pedro and Caaguazu, Paraguay. The Requesters claim that they feel severely disrupted in their rights of consultation and participation. 4. The Reques...

Complaint > Uttaranchal Decentralized Watershed Development Project

Registration: 45-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request, the Requesters ask the Inspection Panel to recommend to the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank that an investigation be conducted on the alleged matters. 4 PAD, pg. 2. 5 PAD, pg. 2. 6 PAD, pg. 3. 7 Requesters’ letter dated March 9, 2007, pg. 2. 8 E-Mail from Mr. Gutta to the Inspection Panel, dated March 13, 2007. 9 Requesters’ letter dated March 21, 2007. 10 Requesters’ letter dated March 9, 2007, pg. 2. 11 Requesters’ letter dated March 9, 2007, pg. 2. 12...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Registration: 67-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection, which was complemented by clarifications on May 26 (dated May 24, 2010) (the “Request”). The Request was submitted by residents of Tucapel, Santa Bárbara, Ralco Lepoy, and Concepción (the “Requesters”) in the Biobío region of Chile. Two of the Requesters are representatives of the Pehuenche indigenous community affected by some of the Projects. The Requesters have asked in their correspondences that the Panel keep their names confidential. ...

Complaint > Southern Transport Development Project (STDP)

Registration: Notice of Registration [PDF]

...request with the -requisite basic infonnation- as referred to in paragraph 30 of the CRP Operating Procedures. Based on the Request and the subsequent emsil exchange, the Request is filt:!d by JO representing 28 persons negatively affected by the Project (Requesters). The Requesters daim that the -ADB RRP [Report and Recommendation to the President] and its attached documentation were for a trace known as the Combined Trace (CT). At least, 40% of this trace has since been altered by the Road Dev...

Complaint > Sustainable Development of Natural Resources - Additional Financing, and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources II

Registration: 83-Notice of Registration (English)

...requested it to submit the request on their behalf. The request asks "not to disclose the identity of any residents of Afghanistan, for the sake of their personal safety." Both requests are jointly referred to as "the Request" in this Notice, unless otherwise specified. The Project The Request raises concerns regarding three related World Bar!k-financed projects namely; Afghanistan - Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project (SDNRP), SDNRP Additional Financi...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Registration: 57-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection Yemen: Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing (Grant No. H336-YEM) On April 13, 2009, the Inspection Panel received a Request for Inspection (“the Request”) related to the above-referenced Project. Mr. Abdelkader Ali Abdallah and Mr. Yahya Saleh, both residents of Sana’a, Yemen, submitted the Request on their behalf and on behalf of the Yemen Observatory for Human Rights. The Request claims, inter alia, that the Bank ha...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Registration: Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection was received by the Panel. The Request The Request3 raises several social, cultural and environmental concerns, and related issues of compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The Requesters' concerns, as stated in the Request for Inspection, are summarized below. Religious and Cultural Concerns. The Requesters state that the ''joy of a free- flowing river cannot be measured" and that this has not been estimated by the "dam users". They state...

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

Registration: 37-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters further allege that the Bank prepared terms of reference for a Pilot Zoning Plan covering the axis Maringa-Lopori- Wamba, which recognized the presence of Pygmies indigenous people communities in these forests. This means according to the Requesters that OD 4.20 must apply. The Requesters state that under the EESRSP, the Bank plans to lay the ground for the implementation of a new forestry concession system. The Requesters fear that this will raise the moratorium on granting forestry ...

Complaint > Land Administration Project (First Request)

Registration: 53-First Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the Panama: Land Administration Project (the “Project”—in Spanish, Programa Nacional de Administración de Tierras—PRONAT). The Request was submitted by representatives of the indigenous community of Pueblo Naso, several individual members of the community and representatives of some community organizations (the “Requesters”). The Requesters claim that they and the community that they represent have been harmed ...

Complaint > Public Works and Employment Creation Project (not registered)

Registration: 35-Notice of Non-Registration

...Request for Inspection (the ‘Request’) related to the above- referenced Project. The Panel did not register the Request in the Panel’s Register. As detailed below, the Request did not meet the eligibility criteria because it relates to procurement actions. The Request for Inspection was submitted by AFOPROCA (l’Association pour la formation, la production des ouvrages de carrières et la lutte contre le SIDA sur les chantiers à haute intensité de main d’œ...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Registration: 28-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ03/1 October 1, 2003 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection PHILIPPINES - Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP) (Loan No. 4019-PH) On September 26, 2003, the Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the above referenced project. The Requ...

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

Registration: 24-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”) dated July 25, 2001 related to the above-referenced Projects. The Request was submitted by the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) and Save the Bujagali Crusade (SBC), as well as other local organizations and individuals (the “Requesters”). The Request claims that the failures and omissions of the International Development Association (hereinafter the “Bank”) in the design, appraisal, and implementation of the above- refere...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Registration: 16-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ99/3 June 18, 1999 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Dear Sir: Re: Request for Inspection – Proposed China Western Poverty Reduction Project On June 18, 1999, the Inspection Panel (the "Panel") received a Request for Inspection (the "Request") dated June 18, 1999 related to the above-mentioned proposed project. The Project will be c...

Complaint > Urban Transport Transformation Project

Registration: 109-Notice of Non-Registration(English)

...Request is attached to this Notice. 2. The Panel conducted extensive due diligence in line with its updated Operating Procedures/ to establish the admissibility of the Request. The Panel consequently decided not to register the Request as it confirmed that the alleged harm is not linked to a Bank- financed Project. The Request 3. On April 1, 2016, the Panel received a Request for Inspection from a resident of L...

Complaint > Boosting Human Capital and Productivity Development Policy Financing with a Deferred Drawdown Option

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration

...Request 6. The Request was submitted by Edwin Montenegro, President of the Organización Regional de las Pueblos lndígenas de la Amazonía Peruana (ORPIAN), and Jorge Pérez, President of the Organización Regional de las Pueblos lndígenas del Oriente (ORPIO), represented by César Gamboa Balbín, Executive Director of the organization Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR). The Request is attached to this Notice as Annex 1. 7. The Requesters claim that the DPF reported the passa...

Complaint > Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project - Ninth Request

Registration: Notice of Registration

...Request on its website. This is the ninth Request the Panel has received concerning the Project. The Panel issued a Notice of Registration for seven earlier Requests on September 17, 2019, and another Notice of Registration for an eighth Request on September 26, 2019. It intends to process all nine Requests jointly for reasons of economy and efficiency. 3. After conducting initial due diligence and confirming that the Request meets the Panel’s...

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

Registration: 26-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters”). The Request also attaches letters to provide evidence that the Mayors and Municipal Councils of the City of Encarnación and the District of Cambyreta have endorsed the Request. There are a number of other documents attached to the Request as well. The Requesters claim to represent more than 4,000 families affected by the pending liabilities or “deudas pendientes” (an apparent reference to Yacyretá’s Base and Pending Actions Programs4) which have their o...

Complaint > Irrigation System Enhancement Project (Second Request)

Registration: Notice of Registration-First Request (English)

...Requesters had submitted a complaint to staff in the World Bank Country Office in Armenia on November 24, 2015. On December 21, 2015, the Bank responded with a letter that the Requesters found unsatisfactory. 10. The Panel verified that the Request meets the requirements for registration: (i) the Request is not frivolous, absurd or anonymous; (ii) the Project is supported by the Bank; (iii) at least one component of the Project, which is the subject of the Request, can be plausibly linked...

Complaint > Irrigation System Enhancement Project (First Request)

Registration: 106-Notice of Registration-First Request (English)

...Requesters had submitted a complaint to staff in the World Bank Country Office in Armenia on November 24, 2015. On December 21, 2015, the Bank responded with a letter that the Requesters found unsatisfactory. 10. The Panel verified that the Request meets the requirements for registration: (i) the Request is not frivolous, absurd or anonymous; (ii) the Project is supported by the Bank; (iii) at least one component of the Project, which is the subject of the Request, can be plausibly linked...

Complaint > Santa Fe Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 1st Request

Registration: 42-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request is set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the 1999 Clarifications. After receiving the Management response, the Panel will, as outlined in the 1999 Clarifications and as provided by paragraph 19 of the Resolution, “determine whether the Request meets the eligibility criteria set out in paragraphs 12 to 14 [of the Resolution] and shall make a recommendation to the Executive Directors as to whether the matter should be investigated.” The Request has been assigned IPN Request Numb...