Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Response: 31-Management Response (English)

...Request. Annex 1 provides detailed responses to the specific claims made in the Request. II. THE REQUEST 5. The Request for Inspection was submitted by Corporación Cartagena Honesta (CCH, hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”) on its own behalf and on behalf of 125 residents of Punta Canoa, 139 residents of Arroyo de Piedra, 41 residents of Manzanillo, and 119 residents of Cartagena. 6. Attached to the Request are: (1) Power of Represen...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request for Inspection (“Request”) of the NTPC Power Generation Project (Ln. 3632-IN) (“the Project”) on behalf of a number of small and marginal cultivators in the Singrauli region to the Bank’s Inspection Panel on May 1, 1997. On May 2, 1997, the Inspection Panel notified the Executive Directors and the Bank President about the registration of the Request. The Request for Inspection alleged that the Bank violated five of the Bank’s Operational Policies and Directives, namely: OP 10.04 Economic...

Complaint > NTPC I Power Generation Project

Eligibility: Additional Review

...Request for Inspection on the India: NTPC Power Generation Project (Loan 3632-IN). The Response included an Action Program which is designed to respond to the project-specific issues raised in the Request for Inspection, as well as to a number of broader environmental and social issues which necessarily would impact and affect the efficacy of project-specific solutions in the Singrauli area. The purpose of this Memorandum is to provide the Executive Directors with the detailed Pro...

Complaint > Smallholder Agriculture Development Project

Filing: 62-Request for Inspection (English)

...request, we note paragraph 25(dl of the World Bank Disclosure Policy: Additional Issues which states: "In response to requests from the Executive Directors, member countries, or other interested outside parties ..... the President 0 f the World Bank (or a person designated by the President) may authorize di.closure, in consultation with the General Counsel .•.•••• documents that could be considered include Country Portfolio Performance Reviews. information relating to mid-term reviewa, aide-memo...

Complaint > Land Administration Project

Eligibility: 38-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ06/1 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Honduras Land Administration Project (“the Project”) partially financed by the International Development Association (IDA)1. The Request was submitted by the Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña (Fraternal Black Honduran Organization, OFRANEH) on behalf of the Garífuna population of Honduras. 2. The Executive Directors and the President of the World Bank were notified by the Panel of recei...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

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

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ07/03 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Albania: Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project (Credit No. 3872-ALB) financed by the International Development Association (IDA). The Request for Inspection was submitted by the “Civic Alliance for the Protection of the Bay of Vlora on behalf of local residents living in Vlora” (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were ...

Complaint > Electricity Expansion Project

Compliance Report: Inspection Panel 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 eligibi...

Complaint > Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation(English)

...Request for Inspection ARGENTINAIPARAGUAY YACYRETA IMIROELECTRIC PROJECT Below is (A) Background information, @) Discussion, and (C) Recommendation ofthe Inspection Panel (“Panel”) on whether or not there should be an investigation (“Recommend~tion’~) into allegations made in the above-referenced Request for Inspection (“Request”). Annex 1 contains the Request. Management Response to the Request is provided in Annex 2. A. Background ...

Complaint > DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance (2nd Additional Financing)

Eligibility: Management Report and Recommendation(English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ17/05 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Democratic Republic of Congo Second Additional Financing for the High-Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project (“the Project”) financed by the International Development Association (IDA). The Request for Inspection was submitted by community members living in Goma and its vicinity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive ...

Complaint > Proposed Kosovo Power Project and Second Additional Financing Energy Sector Clean-up and Land Reclamation Project

Compliance Report: 103-Inspection Panel Investigation Report(English)

...Requests A Request for Inspection received by the Panel 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 conducts a 21-working-day assessment to determine the eligibility of the...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Eligibility: 34-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ04/5 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), related to the Pakistan National Drainage Program Project (the “Project”), Credit No. 2999-PK, financed by the International Development Association (IDA). The Request was submitted by Khadim Talpur, Mohammad Ali Shah, Mustafar Talpur, Munawar Hassan Memon, Iqbal Hyder, Mir Moha mmad Buledi, and Najma Junejo on their own behalf and on behalf of “others who live in the area known as District Badin, Sindh Pakistan...

Complaint > Land Management and Administration Project

Compliance Report: 60-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 eligibili...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Eligibility: 16-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection: China - Western Poverty Reduction Project (Credit No. 3255-CHA and Loan No. 4501-CHA).1 Annex 2 of that document contained the Management Response dated July 19, 1999 (Management Response) to a request for inspection received previously with respect to Part C of the China: Western Poverty Reduction Project (Qinghai Component). The Management’s Response to the Initial Request (July 19, 1999) acknowledged that the Disclosure of Information policy had been violated due to la...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Compliance Report: 46-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 and ...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Commissioned Studies-Technical Review of Source Water Quantity

...Presidential Decree No. 14522, dated 16 May 1970, gives priority to drinking water supply. Decree 14522 assigns 40 million cubic meters (MCM) of Litani water and other sources of water to “potable water and water for industrial purposes.” Further, it specifies that “The State is . . . entitled to decrease the quantities allocated for irrigation as per table 2 by 25 percent and, if necessary, add this 25 percent to the 50 million m3 allocated for potable wa...

Complaint > Land Administration Project

Management Action Plan: 38- Management Progress Report (English)

...Request for Inspection, I P N request RQ06/1 (“the Request”), concerning the Honduras Land Administration Project (Programa de Administracidn de Tierras de Honduras or PATH, “the Project”) partially financed by the International Development Association (IDA)’ through Credit 3858-HO. The Request had been submitted by the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (Organizacidn Fraternal Negra Hondureiia or OFRANEH) on behalf o f the Garifuna population o f Honduras. In the Request, OFRANEH alleged tha...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Third Management Progress Report

...Requests for Investigation. The same group of Requesters who filed the Request with the IBRD/IDA Inspection Panel also filed separate complaints to the AfDB and European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2009. These underwent investigation by both institutions. The final report from the AfDB was completed in 2010 and referred to mitigation measures that were similar to the Bank’s. The EIB investigation report is completed, and in addition to issues raised with the Bank and AfDB, concerns about blasting i...

Complaint > Second Rural Enterprise Support Project

Eligibility: 89-Eligibility Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection (hereafter “the Request”).2 The Panel’s recommendation is based on its confirmation of the technical eligibility of the Request and its assessment of other factors as stipulated in the Resolution. 2. This Report begins with a description of the Project, which is the subject of the Request (Section B) and continues with summaries of the written Request as received by the Panel (Section C) and of the Management Respons...

Complaint > Rio Bogota Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project

Management Response: 108-Management Response(English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 16/03 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Colombia: Rio Bogotá Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project (P111479, the Project), financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank). 2. Two Requests (registered together) were submitted by members of the “Mesa Ciudadana Cortijo Tibaguya” and “Fundación Colectivo Somos Uno” (“the Requesters”), respectively, who asked the Panel to keep ind...

Complaint > Lom Pangar Hydropower Project

Management Response: Management Response

...Request is identical to the report submitted to the GRS in 2016). 22. The Requesters did not submit, with their Request, any information in addition to the 2015 report to substantiate their allegations. 23. The Requesters acknowledge their engagement with the GRS, but maintain that their problems remained unsolved. As the Requesters asked the Inspection Panel to keep their identities confidential, Management is unable to fully ascertain whether the Requesters are the same managerial empl...