On December 17, 2018, the Inspection Panel (‘the Panel’) received a Request for Inspection (‘the Request’) of the Transport Sector Support Project and its Additional Financing (‘the Project’) in Kenya.
... See More + The Request was submitted by three members of the project-affected community (‘the Requesters’) who asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential. The Requesters' concerns relate to impact from works on the Webuye-Kitale road, which is financed by the Project. The complaint raises concerns about environmental impact, health and safety issues, impact on livelihoods, inadequate working conditions as well as a lack of consultation and information disclosure. The Project development objectives are to: (a) increase the efficiency of road transport along the Northern Corridor and the Tanzania-Kenya-Sudan road corridor; (b) enhance aviation safety and security to meet international standards; and (c) improve the institutional arrangements and capacity in the transport sector. The Project's first component includes the rehabilitation and improvement of the Kisumu-KakamegaWebuye- Kitale section. The Requesters' concerns relate to impact from the works on the Webuye-Kitale road section, in particular the Webuye flyover.
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Inspection Panel Notice of Registration 134107 JAN 17, 2019
In an effort to help the Montenegrin Government in its efforts to implement reforms andmodernization of the judiciary, the World Bank conducted a survey dealing with the perception of the judiciary through five basic dimensions - efficiency, quality, fairness, accessibility, and integrity (independence of the judiciary and the presence of corruption).
... See More + The survey also deals with comparison of perceptions of the work of the judiciary by various stakeholders: users of court services (general population and business sector), providers of court services (judges, prosecutors, and court administration) and lawyers as intermediaries between users and providers of court services.
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This Good Practice Note (GPN) provides the private sector with guidance on identifying, mitigating and remedying modern slavery risks. It serves as a comprehensive resource for two main audiences: investors and companies.
... See More + The investor audience includes banks, private equity firms and other financial actors that provide finance to private companies in emerging markets. For companies, this GPN provides guidance on potential actions to take across a range of sectors where there may be risks of modern slavery. The GPN further offers Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) with guidance on modern slavery risks associated with their portfolio companies. The GPN does not create new standards. Instead, it aims to provide practical support on how to better identify issues and integrate actions to address modern slavery into existing environmental and social management systems. For standards on modern slavery, readers should refer to existing conventions of the International Labour Organization, national laws, company and investor standards, and other existing instruments, many of which are referenced in this note.
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On December 1, 2017, the Inspection Panel received a Request for Inspection related to the Cameroon Lom Pangar Hydropower Project. The Request was submitted by two former workers of the Project who allege the following harms: unpaid overtime work; indecent working conditions; unpaid social security dues and thus inability to benefit from the social security system; dismissal of all workers who contracted Hepatitis B on the project site; and “abandonment” of workers who suffered “drastic” industrial accidents on the site.
... See More + The Request states that the Project’s Environmental and Social Management Plan and the Specific Contractual Engagement on Environmental and Social Management were violated. After receipt of the Request, the Panel conducted its initial due diligence and verified that the Request meets the admissibility criteria for registration. The Requesters explain that a complaint was submitted to World Bank staff on March 16, 2016, and that they are not satisfied with the Bank’s response.They described the indecent accommodations for workers; for example, shower facilities that were particularly unsuitable and completely different for local and foreign workers. The Requesters explained that workers who were found to suffer from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and hernia were dismissed from the site without support, along with workers who had suffered work-related accidents. As part of its due diligence, the Panel also met with Bank Management on December 15, 2017, to obtain information and seek clarifications. Management explained that the construction of the dam was completed, the dam was handed over to EDC and the contractor was in the process of demobilizing its workers. As provided in paragraph 17 of the IDA Resolution that established the Panel, the request was registered on December 22, 2017. As provided in paragraph 18 of the Resolution, and paragraphs 2 and 8 of the “Conclusions of the Board's Second Review of the Inspection Panel” (“the 1999 Clarification”), Bank Management must provide the Panel within 21 business days (by January 26, 2018) a response to the issues raised in the Request for Inspection. After receiving the Management Response, the Panel will, as outlined in the 1999 Clarification 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.
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Inspection Panel Notice of Registration 122409 DEC 22, 2017
The objective of the Real Estate Registration Project for Bosnia and Herzegovina is to support development of a sustainable real estate registration system with harmonized land register and cadastre records in urban areas of both the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Srpska.
... See More + The necessity to restructure the project was identified during mid-term review in June 2016 when it was observed that the time and funds required for data harmonization and REC establishment have been underestimated. The implementing agencies have adopted corrective measures to speed up pace and reduce the cost of data harmonization and REC establishment. However, no significant gains are expected and the implementing agencies will not be able to complete these activities in the target 524 CMs by the current closing date of July 31, 2018. Therefore, the restructuring is required to reallocate funds from building acquisition to REC establishment and extend the project closing date by 18 months. The restructuring will also adjust the results framework to revise the targets related to data harmonization and REC establishment, address several methodological and data availability issues, and downgrade one PDO indicator to Intermediate Results Indicator.
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