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

Management Action Plan: 37-Third Management Progress Report (English)

...Request for Inspection was submitted on November 19, 2005, by a Congolese civil society organization (CSO) expressing concerns about the forestry sector reform activities supported by the EESRSP and the TSERO. The Requesters were in particular concerned with the implementation of a new commercial forest concession system and the preparation of a forest zoning plan for the forests of the Equateur and Orientale Provinces, where the Pygmies live. They claimed that if the Projects and these activiti...

Complaint > Private Power Generation Project

Management Action Plan: 44-Fourth Management Progress Report

...Requests for Investigation. The same group of Requesters who filed the Request with the Inspection Panel of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and IDA also filed separate complaints to AfDB and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2009. These underwent investigation by both institutions. The final report from AfDB was completed in 2010 and included mitigation measures that were similar to those of the Bank. The EIB investigation report is complete: in addition to t...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Management Response: 71-Management Response (English)

...Requesters. None of the Requesters will lose their land under this proposed water supply project. Moreover, only six out of the 51 Requesters live in the project area (see map in Annex 3). Secondly, the Requesters’ Representative fails to meet the eligibility require- ment of an “affected party.” Management is unable to ascertain a credible basis upon which the Requesters’ Representative, who himself is a Requester, can claim that he is an “affected party” whose rights or interest...

Complaint > Transport Sector Development Project - Additional Financing

Compliance Report: Inspection Panel Investigation Report

...Request to give Management an opportunity to address the Requesters’ concerns. On September 11, 2015, the Panel received an additional Request from members of the Bigodi and Nyabubale-Nkingo communities, re-stating earlier concerns and noting that Management actions to address their problems were unsatisfactory. Both requests received in December 2014 and September 2015 are collectively referred as the Request for Inspection. The Requesters asked for confidentiality and designated Joy for C...

Complaint > Education Improvement Project

Management Response: 94 - Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection 3. On June 5, 2014, the Inspection Panel registered a Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ 14/03, concerning the EQRP2 and the EIP. The Request for Inspection was submitted by nine NGOs, two students and five parents from Armenia who requested to keep their identities confidential. 4. The Request alleges that the two Bank financed operations fail to address what the Requesters view as the key issues in the higher education system in Armenia, includ- in...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Eligibility: 32-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request was submitted by the United Shop Owners Association on its own behalf and on behalf of 118 residents of Mumbai (hereaf- ter referred to as the “Requesters”). The Executive Directors and the President of the IBRD were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. Management responded to the Request on May 27, 2004. 2. On June 24, 2004, the Panel registered a second Request for Inspection, IPN Re- quest RQ04/04 (“the Second Request”), concerning the Project. The Second Request was...

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

Management Action Plan: 37-Second Management Progress Report (English)

...requests to convert logging permits totaling 22.4 million hectares into long-term concessions. The TWG recommendations were reviewed by an Inter-ministerial Commission that included 21 permanent members representing the President and Prime Minister of DRC; the ministries in charge of Forests, Justice, Finance, Budget, Planning, and Industry; the Federation of Timber Industries; a federation of national NGOs; and a federation of national NGOs dedicated to the cause of indigenous peoples. For each...

Complaint > Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing

Management Response: 57-Management Response and Annex 1 (English)

...Requesters”). Attached to the Request was correspondence related to the case, including an exchange o f letters between the Yemen Requesters and the Bank (letter from the Requesters to the Bank dated January 16, 2008; letter from the Bank to the Requesters dated January 20, 2008; letter from the Requesters to the Bank dated January 30, 2008). N o further materials were received by Management in support o f the Request. 4. Management understands that the Requesters claim th...

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

Filing: 37-Request for Inspection Annex 2

...President. It will review the PCU's activities to strengthen transparency and help ensure a fair distribution of activities throughout the country. * The Bureau Central de Coordination (BCECO) to act as a procurement agent for all contracts to be awarded directly by the Government under the Project (with terms of reference and specifications provided by the PCU). It is expectedl hat each component will be managed as follows: * Component 1: Balance ofpayments support: Implementati...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) - 1st request

Management Response: 66-Management Response (English)

...Request “taking back” the initial request. 6. On March 10, April 8 and April 24, 2010, additional Requests were submitted by individuals residing in the city of Turkestan, separately joining the initial Request. They referred to the same issues raised by the initial Request for Inspection, as well as some interconnected issues related to the city of Turkestan. They also asked the Panel to keep their identities and contact information confidential. 7. The Request, which focuses o...

Complaint > Mumbai Urban Transport Project

Management Action Plan: 32-Inspection Panel Progress Report

...Requests for Inspection related to the India: Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)2 . The first Request (“the First Request” 3 ) for Inspection was received on April 28, 2004. Management submitted its Response to the First Request on May 27, 2004. The Panel received a second Request for Inspection (the “Second Request’) on June 24, 2004, which related to the same Project. 4 On July 28, 2004, Management submitted...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Management Response: 23-Management Response (English)

...request letter from the Chotanagpur Adivasi Sewa Samiti (CASS) dated June 14, 2001. The concerns in the Request for Inspection deal exclusively with actions carried out under the Coal Sector Environmental and Social Mitigation Project (CSESMP). The Management Response addresses all issues raised by the Requester. 2. The Request alleges violations of Operational Directives 4.01 on Environmental Assessment, 4.20 on Indigenous Peoples, 4.30 on Involuntary Resettlement, and 13.05 on Proje...

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

Management Action Plan: First Management Progress Report

...Request for Inspection and subsequent investigation and reports of the Panel and Management. 4. Request for Inspection. The Request for Inspection was received by the Panel on September 13, 2017. The Request was submitted by community members living in Goma and its vicinity in DRC. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. Management responded to the claims in the request on October 20, 2017 and provided an update to its response ...

Complaint > Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project

Filing: Request for Inspection (English)

...request for Inspection of the Loan to THDC India Limited for the Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Project. The following documents are attached, please. Sl Details Page No Nos 1 Request from and others in Hindi. 2-4 2 English translation of request from and 5-7 oth...

Complaint > Coal Sector Mitigation Project and Coal Sector Rehabitation Project

Eligibility: 23-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request eligible and recommended an in- vestigation into the matters alleged in the Request. The Executive Directors recorded their approval of the Panel’s recommendation for investigation on September 7, 2001. 7. Four months after the Executive Directors authorized an investigation into the issues raised in the Request, the Requesters submitted two additional documents to the Panel. The first docu- ment elaborated on Paragraph 4(a) of the original Request, and introduced additional a...

Complaint > Lom Pangar Hydropower Project

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...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...

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

Management Response: 51-Management Response (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ06/05 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Argentina: Santa Fe Road Infrastructure Project (Loan No. 7429-AR) financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank). 2. This Request follows two earlier Requests that were submitted to the Inspection Panel in 2006. The First Request was submitted on September 11, 2006, (IPN Request RQ06/05) and concerned the Argentina: Provincial Road Infrastructure Project wh...

Complaint > Transport Sector Support Project and its Additional Financing

Eligibility: Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation

...Request does assert that its subject matter has been brought to Management’s attention and that, in the Requester’s view, Management has failed to respond adequately demonstrating that it has followed or is taking steps to follow the Bank’s policies and procedures.” The Panel has verified that the Requesters’ concerns were brought to the Bank’s attention prior to the filing of the Request. The Requesters first contacted the Panel on October ...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Response: 40-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request was submitted on behalf of the members of the Association, which is composed of 12 communities affected by the Project around the Badagry area, in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria (hereafter referred to as the “Requesters”). 2. The Executive Directors and the President of IDA were notified by the Panel of receipt of the Request. The Management responded to the claims in the Request on June 6, 2006. 3. In its Report to the Board on July 7, 2006, the Panel refrained from recommen...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 31-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ04/02 (hereafter referred to as “the Request”), concerning the Colombia- Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project (“the Project”) financed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). The Request was submitted by the 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 ...