Complaint > Road Sector Assistance Project- Second Additional Financing

Registration: 92 - Notice of Non-Registration and Request for Inspection (English)

...Request is included as Attachment 1. The Panel promptly recorded the receipt of the Request in its website, and after an initial review, sought additional information from the Requesters and World Bank Management. Bank Management approached the Requesters and took actions in an attempt to resolve their concerns. These efforts are described below. The Panel decided not to register this Request in light of an on-going court case filed by one of the Requester...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Eligibility: 60-Final Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection on September 24, 2009. Management submitted its Response to the Request on November 2, 2009 1. 3. A Panel team visited Cambodia from November 16 - 19, 2009, to determine the eligibility of the Request for Inspection. On December 2, 2009, the Panel submitted its Report and Recommendation to the Executive Directors 2. The Panel found the Request and the Requesters eligible but at that time refrained from making a recomme...

Complaint > Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program

Management Response: 76-Management Response (English)

...REQUEST FOR INSPECTION OF THE RED SEA – DEAD SEA WATER CONVEYANCE STUDY PROGRAM I. INTRODUCTION 1. On October 20, 2011, the Inspection Panel registered a Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 11/04 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Red Sea – Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (hereafter referred to as “the Study Pro- gram”). II. THE REQUEST 2. The R...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Other: 60- Press Release (English)

...President, Robert Zoellick. The Panel Investigation was conducted in response to a Request for Inspection submitted on September 4, 2009, by NGOs on behalf of residents in the Boeung Kak Lake area of central Phnom Penh, who have been forcibly resettled by the Phnom Penh Municipality and a private developer to make way for a new development. The Inspection Panel Report focused on whether the Bank has complied with its own policies including Resettlement Policies during the design, implementation ...

Complaint > Development Forestry Sector Management Project

Filing: 69-Request for Inspection Attachments (English)

...requested that the FDA allow a shipment of wood samples to Morocco.19 The FDA refused to allow the shipment as they could not establish that it was legal. However, customs gave permission for the export nonetheless. The company made a pre-shipment inspection request and payment to the Bureau of Veritas (Bivac), which was contracted to inspect the cargo.N The description of the contents of the shipment was changed by the exporter, Cissee Abdoulaye, to scrap metal, although at that time there...

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Registration: 78-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request The Request raises several social, economic and environmental concerns, and related issues of compliance with Bank policies and procedures. The Requesters' concerns, as stated in the Request for Inspection, are elaborated below. Environmental Pollution. The Requesters state that the KPP is planned to be built in Obiliq municipality where the existing Kosovo A and Kosovo B power plants already operate, and that the "use of lignite for the needs of both existing p...

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

Eligibility: 24-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request meet the eligibility criteria to submit a Request for Inspection, under the Resolution. The Panel therefore finds that the Requesters and the Request are eligible. F. Conclusion 31. The Request and Management Response contain conflicting assertions and interpretations about the issues, the facts, compliance with Bank policies and procedures, and actual harm and potential harm. The Panel is neither able to address these conflicting statem...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Filing: 23-Request for Inspection (English)

...Request for Inspection is brief. We can provide you with more particulars. We request you to keep the identity of the claimants confidential for their own well being. DATE: SIGNATURES: Sgd CASS, Village Kasiadih, PO Charhi, Hazaribag, Jharkhand. CONTACT ADDRESS: Prerana Resource Centre, Suresh Colony Mor, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, 825 301 Tel: +91 6546 32476 FAX: +91 6546 24030 (first phone 22 226) email: cass@koel.indiax.com There are no attachments at this stage. However we will send ...

Complaint > Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration(English)

...Request for Inspection (the "Request") of the IBRD-proposed India: Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project (TRSP-II) (the "Project"). The Request is herein attached. Since the Requesters asked for confidentiality, their names have been removed. 2. The Panel decided not to register the Request after determining that it does not meet the admissibility criteria for registration given that the road construction activities, the subject of the Request, are...

Complaint > Governance Promotion Adjustment Loan

Filing: 25-Request for Inspection (English)

...requesting that some of the enclosed materiais be kept confidential by the Panel, including identifying anonymity of those who have given CELCOR the authority to represent them. We specifically request that the names of the landowners in this claim be kept secret. Our agent in the United States of America is Ms. Dana Clark. Her contact address is phone/fax (510) 527 5246 and e-mail danaclark7(@mindspring.com We look forward to cooperating with you in this request. Executive...

Complaint > Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project, and Petroleum Environment Capacity Enhancement Project

Compliance Report: 27-Investigation Report (English)

...Request, the Panel had to decide whether the Request was prima facie not barred from its consideration. 14 The Panel found the Request to be within its jurisdiction. The Request was registered on September 30, 2002, and the Notice of Registration was sent to the Bank’s President, Executive Directors, and the Requesters. The Notice of Registration was posted on the Inspection Panel’s website. 15 Bank Management responded to the Request on October 29, 2002, withi...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Compliance Report: 16-Investigation Report (English)

...Requests After the Panel receives a Request for Inspection it is processed as follows: • The Panel decides whether the Request is prima facie not barred from Panel consideration. • The Panel registers the Request—a purely administrative procedure. • The Panel sends the Request to Bank Management, which has 21 working- days to respond to the allegations of the Requesters. • The Panel then conducts a short 21 working-day assessment to determine...

Complaint > Lagos Drainage and Sanitation Project

Eligibility: 13-Eligibility Report (English)

...Request for Inspection Annex 2: Bank Management Response to Request 2 1. Introduction 1. On June 16, 1998, the Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) filed a Request for Inspection (the Request)1 on behalf of the Center and that of individuals, families, and community development associations in Lagos (the Requesters) who claim ...

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

Compliance Report: 26-Investigation Report (English)

...Requests After the Panel receives a Request for Inspection it is processed as follows: • The Panel decides whether the Request is prima facie not barred from Panel consideration. • The Panel registers the Request—a purely administrative procedure. • The Panel sends the Request to Bank Management, which has 21 working days to respond to the allegations of the Requesters. • The Panel then conducts a short 21 working-day assessment to determine the eligibility of the Requesters ...

Complaint > Vietnam Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety and Additional Financing to Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration

...Requesters also contend that stakeholder engagement has been inadequate and neither the Requesters nor any other animal welfare organization in Vietnam were consulted about the Project. In addition, they claim that Management failed to answer their requests to access training materials used by the Project. Panel's Observations and Determination 10. In accordance with its Operating Procedures', after receipt of the Request the Panel issued a Notice of Receipt on its website on Januar...

Complaint > Land Administration Project (First Request)

Eligibility: 53-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Requesters or Naso Requesters, as applicable, see Map 1), and the second by representatives of some Ngobe-Bugle' communities living in the Areas Anexas or "Annex Areas" to the Comarca2 Ngobe-Bugle in the Bocas del Toro Province (hereafter referred to as the Second Requesters or Ngobe Requesters, as applicable, see Map 2). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IBRD were notified by the Panel of receipt of the two Requests. Management responded to the claims in both Request...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project

Compliance Report: 84 - Investigation Report (English)

...requested the Board to approve the Panel’s recommendation to process this Request as part of the ongoing investigation relating to the first Request for Inspection. The Panel proposed to verify the technical eligibility of the Requesters and the Request during the planned investigation visit. The Board approved the Panel’s request to process the second Request jointly with the first Request and, if deemed eligible, that the Panel address the claims presented in this additional Request in th...

Complaint > Energy Loss Reduction Project (Rogun HPP, Tajikistan)

Filing: 70-Request for Inspection Attachment (English)

From the Address of the President Aral Sea yesterday 1960 of Uzbekistan at the UN General Assembly session "The Aral Sea Disaster ,which affected millions of people, living in the basin of the sea is one of the biggest ecological and hUlnanitarian catastrophes in the history of hUlnankind" . "In the course of se...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Management Response: Summary of Management Actions(English)

...President Bank Group Senior Management Vice Presidents, Bank, IFC and MIGA Directors and Department Heads, Bank, IFC and MIGA This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank Group authorization. The Tables below summarize the Actions proposed by Management in its Report and Recommendations. Table A includes actions that address the Panel’s findings ...

Complaint > Power Development Project

Management Response: 87-Update-Management Action Plan (English)

...REQUEST FOR INSPECTION 4. The Request for Inspection was submitted by 103 indigenous and non-indigenous families in three villages of Sindhuli District, supported by a coalition of civil society organi- zations and individuals. The Requesters’ key claims were that the PDP had not complied with the Bank’s policies in relation to: (i) analysis and due consideration of alternatives in the alignment of the Khimti-Dhalbekar Transmission Line and the corresponding potential ad- verse impac...