This report sets out the legal framework relevant to the matter concerning a possible violation of Staff Rules in favor of a staff member closely associated with the President, a statement of the facts, and the Ad Hoc Group's discussion and recommendations to the Executive Directors.
... See More + On the basis of the findings made by the Ad Hoc group in Section IV of this report, the Group draws recommendations regarding the questions formulated by the Executive Directors and posed to the AD Hoc Group in paragraph 8 of this report. In making its conclusions and recommendations, the Group has paid due regard to the entire legal framework described in Section II of this report. Although the situation was unique because it involved the World Bank President, the Group concludes that there was nevertheless an applicable legal framework, including the President's contract, the Code of Conduct for Bank Officials, the Principles of Staff Employment, and Staff Rules as well as the other standards discussed in the legal framework. This report is in 3 volumes, and it comprises the main report as well as annexes 1 through 17.
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This report sets out the legal framework relevant to the matter concerning a possible violation of Staff Rules in favor of a staff member closely associated with the President, a statement of the facts, and the Ad Hoc Group's discussion and recommendations to the Executive Directors.
... See More + On the basis of the findings made by the Ad Hoc group in Section IV of this report, the Group draws recommendations regarding the questions formulated by the Executive Directors and posed to the AD Hoc Group in paragraph 8 of this report. In making its conclusions and recommendations, the Group has paid due regard to the entire legal framework described in Section II of this report. Although the situation was unique because it involved the World Bank President, the Group concludes that there was nevertheless an applicable legal framework, including the President's contract, the Code of Conduct for Bank Officials, the Principles of Staff Employment, and Staff Rules as well as the other standards discussed in the legal framework. This report is in 3 volumes, and it comprises the main report as well as annexes 1 through 17.
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This report sets out the legal framework relevant to the matter concerning a possible violation of Staff Rules in favor of a staff member closely associated with the President, a statement of the facts, and the Ad Hoc Group's discussion and recommendations to the Executive Directors.
... See More + On the basis of the findings made by the Ad Hoc group in Section IV of this report, the Group draws recommendations regarding the questions formulated by the Executive Directors and posed to the AD Hoc Group in paragraph 8 of this report. In making its conclusions and recommendations, the Group has paid due regard to the entire legal framework described in Section II of this report. Although the situation was unique because it involved the World Bank President, the Group concludes that there was nevertheless an applicable legal framework, including the President's contract, the Code of Conduct for Bank Officials, the Principles of Staff Employment, and Staff Rules as well as the other standards discussed in the legal framework. This report is in 3 volumes, and it comprises the main report as well as annexes 1 through 17.
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This is the Annual Report on the operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) required by Article 6(1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.
... See More + This Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. In fiscal year 2006, the number of ICSID pending cases reached an all-time high of 118. The total number of conciliation and arbitration proceedings registered with the Centre since its inception rose to 210 with the addition of 26 new arbitration cases instituted in the course of the fiscal year. The Secretariat continued its efforts to mitigate the impact of the significant caseload involving large and complex disputes by promoting more efficient ways of case management. During the year, ICSID's membership grew to 143 Contracting States following the ratification of the ICSID Convention by Syria.
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This is the Annual Report on the operation of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) required by Article 6(1)(g) of the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.
... See More + This Annual Report covers the fiscal year July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. In fiscal year 2006, the number of ICSID pending cases reached an all-time high of 118. The total number of conciliation and arbitration proceedings registered with the Centre since its inception rose to 210 with the addition of 26 new arbitration cases instituted in the course of the fiscal year. The Secretariat continued its efforts to mitigate the impact of the significant caseload involving large and complex disputes by promoting more efficient ways of case management. During the year, ICSID's membership grew to 143 Contracting States following the ratification of the ICSID Convention by Syria.
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The objective of this paper is to examine the ways in which a number of Latin American countries have organized their monitoring and evaluation (M&E) functions, with a view to drawing lessons for the further development of a national M&E system in Brazil.
... See More + For that purpose, the paper presents a comparative analysis of the M&E systems of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. The main body of the paper consists of this introduction and five other sections. The next section describes how the M&E function is organized in each of the five countries. Section 3 discusses the M&E systems' origins and objectives. Section 4 outlines their implementation strategies and their subsequent developments. Section 5 provides a brief overview of the systems' legal frameworks. Section 6 contains a comparative characterization of the five countries' approaches to M&E; and Section 7 presents a set of final remarks and suggests a number of lessons to be drawn from these countries' experiences. More detailed reviews of each of the country cases are available from the author on request.
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Working Paper (Numbered Series) 38251 MAY 23, 2006
In light of the many experiments with national dialogue and consensus-building that have taken place in Latin America over the last decade, the Bank and the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEA) organized a Roundtable on Experience with National Dialogue Processes in Latin America, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, on November 20 and 21, 2000.
... See More + The Bank and IDEA regard national dialogue as a fundamental instrument for: putting the most basic principles of democracy into practice; resolving disputes; building consensus; and, strengthening and improving participatory governance and development. Both recognize that democracy, good governance and development are all complex and continuous inter-twined processes, for which there is no one single approach. It is essential to start from a comprehensive vision of development that includes not only economic and social, but also institutional, political, gender and environmental perspectives, among others. The Bank-through the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF), and the World Bank Institute (WBI)-and IDEA, with its methodology for Dialogue for Democratic Development (DDD), look at national dialogue as a promising mechanism for promoting broad social participation, and fostering the sense of citizen ownership in the definition and operation of public policies and institutions. This summary report, also available in Spanish, outlines some key aspects that must be taken into account when designing, and undertaking national dialogue initiatives. This set of elements is the direct product of informal exchanges of experience between government and civil society protagonists in Latin America. The summary intends to rather collect, and share experiences and views from players who have participated in the various stages of these processes. Faced with situations as diverse as the search for sustainable development strategies, addressing financial crises, negotiating peace, embarking on political change and reform-issues that have had an especially heavy impact in the region over the last decade-national dialogue has been spreading in Latin America. It has been seen as a means of building consensus for formulating public policies, and finding workable solutions, and for overcoming specific circumstances that could not be resolved by existing formal institutions. Given this context, the fundamental purpose of the San Salvador Roundtable on Experiences with National Dialogue in Latin America, from the institutional viewpoint, was to explore, for the first time, and on the basis of experience in Latin America, the various approaches to strengthening the processes of development, and improving participatory democracy, through the encouragement of national dialogue.
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