Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Other: 44-Press Release

...President Robert B. Zoellick. “I welcome the report of the Inspection Panel on how to focus our efforts on improving the Bujagali project. We can demonstrate that the World Bank Group can help develop vital clean energy sources while safeguarding other environmental and local concerns.” Responding to a request from the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), a Ugandan non-governmental organization, the Inspection Panel investigated the World Bank’s compliance with its oper...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Filing: 34-Request for Inspection (English)

...President of Pakistan Annex-8 Email correspondence with ADB Annex-9 Email correspondence with World Bank Country Director Annex-10 Email correspondence with NDP task team leader Annex-11 Hunger strike demand letter for cancellation of NDP loan Annex-12 Media Reporting of Hunger Strike Annex-13 Pictures and Media Reporting of May, 2004 rally in Badin Sindh Pakistan Annex-14 Letter of Taluka Nazim Badin Sindh Pakistan to President of...

Complaint > Madhya Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (2010) (First Request)

Registration: 72-Memorandum to the Executive Directors (English)

...Request for Inspection6 from Requesters representing a number of residents of Gwalior city. In accordance with its Operating Procedures,7 the Panel sought additional information from the Requesters and informed the Requesters once again of the need to make prior contact with Bank Management according to Panel procedures. The Requesters have since confirmed to the Panel that they have been in communication with Bank Management regarding the problems they are facing. 8 Subsequently, as e...

Complaint > Parana Biodiversity Project

Registration: 41-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection (the “Request”), dated June 23, 2006, related to the Brazil: Paraná Biodiversity Project (the “Project”) financed under the Global Environmental Facility (GEF Trust Fund No 051007). The Request was submitted by a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in the State of Paraná, Brazil. The Requesters have asked the Panel that their names and their organization’s name be kept confidential. The Request for Inspection is composed of a...

Complaint > Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project

Registration: 36-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection CAMBODIA: Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project (FCMCPP) (Credit No. 3365-KH and Trust Fund No. 26419-JPN) On January 28, 2005, the Inspection Panel received a Request for Inspection, dated January 21, 2005, (the “Request”) related to the above-referenced Project (sometimes also referred to as the “FCMCPP”). The NGO Forum on Cambodia submitted the Request on its own behalf and on behalf of affe...

Complaint > Mine Closure and Social Mitigation Project

Registration: 39-Notice of Registration (English)

...request that the Panel recommend an investigation to the Board of Executive Directors. With regard to the Bank’s failure to comply with its operational Policies and Procedures, the Requesters state that they are unable to be specific about relevant policies because they have not been able to access Project documents. However, the Requesters 2 In the Request, the Requesters refer to the more recent World Bank-financed “Mine Closure, Environmental and Socio-Economic Regeneration Proje...

Complaint > Land Administration Project

Registration: 38-Notice of Registration (English)

...REQUEST RQ06/1 January 10, 2006 NOTICE OF REGISTRATION Re: Request for Inspection HONDURAS: Land Administration Project (IDA Credit No. 3858-HO) On January 3, 2006, the Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) related to the Honduras:Land Administration Project (the “Project” – in Sp...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Registration: 31-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request states that the Requesters have previously complained on numerous occasions to Bank regional and senior management, ethics officers, and others, and have received no satisfactory response. Finally, the Requesters ask the Inspection Panel to recommend to the Executive Directors a full investigation of the matters alleged in the Request. They also request “that the Bank stop disbursing funds to this project until an investigation has been completed and an appropriate remedy adopted.” ...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Registration: 49-Notice of Registration (English)

...Requesters in connection with the Request will be sent to Sylvia Noagbesenu and Bret Thiele, as the representatives of the Requesters. Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Panel’s Operating Procedures (the ‘Operating Procedures’), I am notifying you that I have, on August 22, 2007 registered this Request in the Inspection Panel Register. In accordance with paragraph 18 of the IDA Resolution that established the Panel (‘Resolution’), paragraphs 2 and 8 of the “Conclusions of the Board’...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Registration: 32-First Notice of Registration (English)

...Request. The Request alleging violations of Bank Operational Policies and Procedures and requesting that an investigation be recommended to the Board of Executive Directors of the Bank was addressed and sent to the Bank's Department of Institutional Integrity which delivered it to the Inspection Panel on April 28, 2004. In view of the nature of the complaint and the alleged violations of Bank Operational Policies and Procedures as described hereunder, the Panel is satisfied that the Request is u...

Complaint > Kenya Energy Sector Recovery Project

Registration: 79-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection Kenya: Energy Sector Recovery Project On May 10, 2012, the Inspection Panel (the "Panel") received a Request for Inspection (the "Request") relating to the Kenya - Energy Sector Recovery Project and the Kenya Energy Sector Recovery Project Additional Financing. The Request was sent by Mr. Peter Usher, on behalf of the Njumbi Road Residents' Association (NRRA) (the "Requesters"). In addition to the R...

Complaint > Floods Emergency Recovery Project

Registration: Notice of Non-Registration

...Request for Inspection to the Panel. The Panel referred the complainant to the Grievance Redress Service (GRS), which took on the case and issued its assessment in early December 2016. The complainant found the assessment from GRS unsatisfactory, and on January 6,2017, the Panel received a Request for Inspection with two signatures. 7. The Request raises concerns regarding the "illegal action of taking over our private properties" in the city of Novi Pazar. The Requesters claim that their...

Complaint > Urban Development Project and Douala Infrastructure Development Project (not registered)

Timeline: 50-Summary of Decision Not To Register (English)

...Requests if he or she finds that the Request is without doubt manifestly outside the Panel’s mandate. Because the Projects closed, respectively, on June 30, 1988, and June 30, 1994, on October 17, 2007 the Panel informed the Board of Executive Directors that it did not register the Request in the Panel’s Register and will not process it further, and advised the Requesters of this decision. The Panel notes, however, the many significant concerns stated by the Requesters, described above, as well ...

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

Other: 47-PowerPoint Presentation for Independent Accountability Mechanisms Meeting

...Request for Inspection registered i t db by th the P Panell iin July 2007 Management Response  Categorical assertion that there is " no direct or indirect linkage " between the Project and the demolitions in Jale Fact Finding Process Eligibility Phase:  Meeting with the Government and Construction Police  Meeting with the Requesters “You are crying now, but don't worry, you will be eating with a silver spoon soon, as this is part ...

Complaint > Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project and Provincial Road Infrastructure Project, 3rd Request

Other: 51-Press Release (English)

...request were being addressed by Management without the need for a full investigation. In general, the Inspection Panel found that Bank Management and staff made significant efforts to address the issues raised by the Requesters, to achieve compliance with Bank policies and to engage in a constructive and forthcoming dialogue with the affected people. The Panel noted the positive way in which Management dealt with the complaint and strived for appropriate corrections during the Panel process. The...

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

Registration: 70-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 Reque...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project, 3rd Request

Registration: 58-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request. The Requesters are residents who live in an area known as Powai which the JVLR Phase II runs through. They state that in 2006, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the Implementing Agency, “came to demolish [their] structure” as a result of which the Requesters obtained a High Court Stay Order against any future demolition of the Property. The Requesters claim that they have “suffered in the MUTP JVLR Phase II” and “have done lots of...

Complaint > Bogota Urban Services Project

Registration: 52-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection Colombia: Bogotá Urban Services Project (IBRD Loan No. 7162-CO) On October 30, 2007, the Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”), dated October 23, 2007, related to the Colombia: Bogotá Urban Services Project (the “Project”) financed by the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (the “Bank”) (Loan No. 7162-CO). The Req...

Complaint > Lima Urban Transport Project

Registration: 61-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection Peru: Lima Transport Project (North-South Subsystem) (Loan No. 7209-PE and GEF TF No. 052856) On October 1, 2009, the Inspection Panel (the “Panel”) received a Request for Inspection (the “Request”) dated September 9, 2009, concerning the Peru: Lima Urban Transport Project (the “Project”). The Request was submitted by residents of the district of Barranco in the city of Lim...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Registration: 46-Notice of Registration (English)

...Request for Inspection, letter dated April 30, 2007, para. 5, p.2 2 Until further notice, all communications with the Requesters in connection with the Request will be sent to Mr. Lavdosh Ferruni as the representative of the Requesters. Pursuant to paragraph 17 of the Panel’s Operating Procedures (the ‘Operating Procedures’), I am notifying you that I have, on May 2, 2007, regi...