Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Eligibility: 40-Eligibility Report (English)

...Vice-President of the new concerns about fishing activities raised with the Panel during the Panel’s visit to Nigeria and of the FoE-GH letter. The Panel has added both items to the processing of the existing Request. A. The Project Project Objectives 5. The Project aims to contribute to, inter alia, ”improving the competitiveness of the energy sectors in Ghana, Benin, and Togo by promoting the use of cheaper and environmen...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Eligibility: Additional Review

...Vice President Mieko Nishimizu Director Edwin Lim Sector Manager Alastair McKechnie Task Manager Tjaarda Storm van Leeuwen d INDIA NTPC POWER GENERATION PROJECT (Loan 3632-IN) ...

Complaint > Special Structural Adjustment Loan

Filing: 17-Request for Inspection (English)

Volume I of II BOARD OF DIRECTORS Laura Jordán de Conte REQUEST. ANNEX A Chair CELS María Angélica Sosa de CENTER FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES Mignone Vice Chair Rodríguez Peña 286 – 1st floor ; (1020) Buenos Aires - Argentine Republic Patricia Valdez Tel: (54-1-1) 4371-9968/3790 – ...

Complaint > Wilmar Group-01/West Kalimantan

Compliance Report: English

...Vice President initiated a compliance appraisal of IFC‘s fourth investment in Wilmar, the Delta-Wilmar CIS Expansion. CAO Compliance disclosed an appraisal report on March 11, 2009 that concluded that an audit was merited. As a result, the scope of the ongoing audit was expanded to include the fourth investment, but was limited to the issues transferred by CAO Ombudsman and originating from the July 2007 complaint to the CAO. 8 Audit Repo...

Complaint > Barro Blanco

Compliance Report: Panel report No. 1 Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project Panama

...vices (ii) The last remaining primary forest (iii) Water levels and water quality Issue 1: Biodiversity and ecosystem services The Complaint: 170.In relation to biodiversity, the Complainants allege that the lenders have failed to ensure the project “take into account the differing values attached to biodiversity by specific stakeholders, as well as identify impacts on ecosystem services” in line with the requirement in para 4 of PS6. 171.The Complainants claim that the rights and intere...

Complaint > Program to Improve Highway Corridors in Paraguay

Compliance Report: Publication of Panel Report

...Vice President for Countries, Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, Manager of the Infrastructure and Environment Sector, Representative in Paraguay, Manager of the Social Sector, Chief of the Environmental Safeguards Unit. Subject: Case PR-MICI 002/2010 “Route 10-Finca 470.” Loan 933/OC-PR. Program to Improve Highway Corridors in ...

Complaint > Governance Promotion Adjustment Loan

Management Response: 25-Management Response (English)

...vice Commission; reform of the Rural Development Program; reduction of fraud, waste and corruption; civil service reform; and improvement in the quality and efficiency of service delivery in a number of sectors – health and education, financial services, and forestry sector management. 13. Financial support for implementation of the Borrower’s reform program was comprised primarily of the US$90 million GPAL, provided by the Bank, and an IMF standby agreement of SDR 85.5 million (approx...

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

Filing: 37-Request for Inspection Annex 25

...president and vice president. M’Ba sought the presidency in March 1967 with Albert Bongo (later Omar) as his running mate. When M’Ba died later that year, Bongo succeeded to office and has retained control ever since. In 1968, Bongo formally converted Gabon to a one-party state, replacing the BDG with the Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG). First elected president in his own right in 1975, Bongo has since been reelected four times (in 1979, 1986, 1993, and 1998) for terms of varying length as a r...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...vice Provider, WSS Services Ltd., was contracted. WSS Services Ltd. provides HIV testing, counselling and treatment, as well as general health services for all workers and community members. It carries out HIV/AIDS education and sensitization campaigns through community outreach. Information, education and communication materials have been prepared and distributed. 41. However, WSS Services Ltd. has not been paid in a timely fashion or otherwise assisted by the Contractor over severa...

Complaint > Development Forestry Sector Management Project

Filing: 69-Request for Inspection Attachments (English)

...vice – an active participant in LFI – even promoted logging in Liberia by claiming the sector could produce revenues similar to those generated during periods of unsustainable logging while Taylor was in power.47 LFI planning documents and meeting minutes demonstrate, however, that the Bank and the US closely collaborated during the LFI reform process,48 and at no point is it known that the Bank project management team corrected the Forest Service’s erroneous arguments about revenues. The ...

Complaint > Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Project (COINBIO)

Management Response: 30-Management Response (English)

...vices rendered result from a contract for the provision of professional services. With that sort of defense, once the claimants have established that there were elements of subordination and provision of services the Collegiate Tribunals have found merit in the claimants' actions; i.e. faced with a lawsuit of people who rendered their services under a contract for the provision of professional services, the defendant can be affected by a badly argued defense or by a wrong interpretation...

Complaint > Wilmar Group-03/Jambi

Compliance Report: English

...President, the CAO Vice President or senior management of IFC/MIGA. CAO compliance investigations focus on IFC/MIGA, and how IFC/MIGA assured itself of project environmental and social (E&S) performance. The purpose of a CAO compliance investigation is to ensure compliance with policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, and conditions for IFC/MIGA involvement, and thereby improve E&S performance. In the context of a CAO compliance investigation, at issue is whether:  The actual E&S out...

Complaint > Land Reform and Poverty Alleviation Project, 1st Request

Eligibility: 14-Eligibility Report (English)

...vices. Beneficiaries tend to select technicians they feel will produce results for them and, if they are not satisfied, have the freedom to make changes. In contrast, public extension and other technical services typically neglect smallholders, and farmers have little choice about the agent assigned to serve them. 37 4.8 A number of evaluation studies of the Project ha...

Complaint > Southern Transport Development Project (STDP)

Compliance Report: CRP Final Report [PDF] (Management Response and Requester Response to CRP Draft Report are attached)

...President on 18 January 2005 the CRP's view that the satisfactory conduct of its compliance review necessitated the termination of SARD’s so-called "compliance review" initiated in April 2004 which unfortunately entails both contacts with Requesters on compliance issues and a potentially publicly released report at the same time when the CRP is handling the matter. The ADB President informed CRP to approach Vice-President (Operations 1) representing Management in carrying out its compliance...

Complaint > San Francisco-Mocoa Alternate Road Construction Project - Phase I

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...vices. 24 16. Public consultation. The Project led an information, participation, and consultation process 25 that included public participation at two separate stages: (a) the first consisted in preparing the terms of reference for the socioenvironmental technical studies; in other words, updating the EIS, BESMP, and REA. These consultations were conducted between October 2006 and February 2007 and included various NGOs, Corpoamazonia, territori...

Complaint > Tata Tea-01/CAO Vice President Request

Monitoring: CAO Monitoring Report of IFC regarding Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL), India - January 2019

...Vice President, following complaints from international unions. The CAO compliance investigation acknowledged that IFC’s investment in APPL was a challenging one, but one with potential for significant development impact, given the poor and vulnerable status of the client’s workforce. At the same time, CAO’s investigation documented non-compliance in relation to IFC’s assessment and management of E&S risk associated with the investment. Given the vulnerable status of workers and the client...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Eligibility: 49-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...vice Act, passed in June 2003, provided legal and administrative support for decentralizing the provision of basic services, such as urban sanitation.1 However, existing revenue mechanisms, like property tax rates, add minimal 1 The central government provides subsidies to the Metropolitan/Municipal Assemblies (MAs) for solid waste collection, and assists the MAs in establishing better institutional arrangements for the management of the urban environment. In principle, the responsibility for ...

Complaint > Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Clean-Up Project, First Request

Compliance Report: 47-Investigation Report (English)

...Vice President and General Counsel. For the record, the Panel notes that reporting on this issue can not be construed as endorsement of the procedures surrounding the issuance of this Corrigendum or its content. 69 any explanation with respect to events surrounding the misrepresentation to the Board regarding this “error.” F. Panel Process 277. The Panel finally notes that ...

Complaint > Agrokasa-01/Ica

Compliance Report: CAO Audit of IFC Investments in Agribusiness in the Ica Valley, Peru, February 22, 2011

...Vice President IEG Independent Evaluation Group (World Bank Group) IFC International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) IRM Investment Review Meeting MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank Group) NGOs nongovernmental organizations PS Performance Standards PDS Project Data Sheet PDS-ER Project Data Sheet Early Review SEA Social and Environmental Assessme...

Complaint > Dariali HPP

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, calling for suspension of large and other hydro-power development projects, including Dariali HPP, that pose a serious threat to the environment and livelihoods; December 21, 2011; See In Georgian: http://www.greenalt.org/webmill/data/file/Letter_to_president_HPP_geo.pdf In English: http://www.greenalt.org/webmill/data/file/Letter_to_president_HPPs_ENG.pdf 5. Green Alternative issued and disseminated the fact sheet “How Tergi River is Be...