Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Management Response: 46-Management Response (English)

...Vice President] during the meeting with the Albanian power company KESH to clarify the entire year of 2006 by Dr. Anna Kohen, project scope and assuring CAPBV that any future investment Honorary Citizen of Vlora and Honorary would only be undertaken after an EA that ensured the environ- Member of Civic Alliance for the Protection mental impact is minimal and could be mitigated. Th...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Management Response: 46-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Vice President, Country Director, Strategy and Operations Director, and Sector Director (ECSSD) -- has visited the construction site during various missions to the country. 21. The most important development regarding the electricity sector in Albania has been the successful privatization of the electricity distribution company in June 2009. Both the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank have been involved in this transaction, with the IFC providing advisory services to...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Compliance Report: 46-Investigation Report (English)

...vices.43 65. Albania has faced frequent and prolonged power outages since the second half of 2000, which the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) of 2002 noted as a challenge to service delivery and the efforts to gain private sector investment. Despite recent improvements in the energy sector, Albania remains challenged by an “[i]nadequate and unreliable electricity supply”.44 1. Electricity Supply in Albania 66. Albania is currently in the mi...