- Contact: Antonia M. Macedo: (202) 458-2597 Email: amacedo@worldbank.org WASHINGTON, October 23, 1997-The Chairman of the independent Inspection Panel yesterday announced Mr. Ernst-Günther Bröder as lead Inspector and the Panel's agreed initial work plan for the limited investigation into the Bank's policy violations in the design and supervision of implementation of the NTPC Thermal Power…
- CONTACT: Eduardo G. Abbott (202)458-5200 Washington July 28, 1998—Prof. Edward S. Ayensu, a Ghanaian national, was appointed by the World Bank Executive Directors for a five year term as a member of the independent Inspection Panel. He replaces Mr. Alvaro Umaña Quesada, who concludes his four year term on July 31, 1998. The other members of the Inspection Panel are Messrs. Ernst-Günther Bröder,…
- Contact: Eduardo Abbott (202) 458-2617 Washington, February 18, 1999—Mr. Jim MacNeill, a Canadian national, was unanimously elected by the members of the Inspection Panel to serve as Chairman of the Panel effective March 1, 1999 until February 28, 2000. He replaces Mr. Ernst-Günther Bröder, who resigned as the Chairman effective March 1, 1999. The Inspection Panel--an unprecedented international…
- WASHINGTON, September 17, 1999 - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors on the September 9, 1999, authorized the independent Inspection Panel to conduct an investigation into the China Western Poverty Reduction Project. The memorandum containing the decision, taken on a no- objection basis, states: On August 24, 1999, Executive Directors received a memorandum from the Chairman of the…
- CONTACT: Eduardo Abbott (202) 458-2617; Antonia M. Macedo (202 )458-2597 October 28, 1999. The World Bank's Independent Inspection Panel returned today from a three week visit to China, including an extended visit to the proposed site of the West China Poverty Reduction Project in Qinghai. The Panel's Chairman, Jim MacNeill of Canada, stated that the Panel had completed this essential stage of…
- WASHINGTON, April 10, 2000¯The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved the independent Inspection Panel's recommendation for it to conduct an investigation into aspects of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project in Kenya. The Executive Directors' decision was taken on a no -objection bases. The Panel will be making the plans for its investigation in the near future. The…
- Contact: Eduardo Abbott (202) 458-2617; Antonia Macedo (202) 458-2597 April 28, 2000. Washington, D.C. The World Bank's independent Inspection Panel today delivered its Investigation Report on the Qinghai component of the China Western Poverty Reduction Project to Bank Management. The Report is confidential and the Panel is unable to discuss its contents until after the Report is made publicly…
- WASHINGTON, May 5, 2000 -The independent Inspection Panel will start the investigation with some interviews of staff and consultants involved in the preparation and implementation of the Project. This will be followed by a visit to the field in Kenya. On April 10, 2000, The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the Panel's recommendation for it to conduct an investigation into an…
- CONTACT: Eduardo G. Abbott (202)458-5200 Washington, D.C. July 31, 1998. The members of the Inspection Panel unanimously elected Mr. Ernst-Günther Bröder to serve as Chairman of the Inspection Panel ("Panel") for a year beginning August 1, 1998. Mr. Bröder replaces Mr. Alvaro Umaña Quesada, who served as Chairman of the Panel from August 1, 1997 to July 31, 1998. Under the terms of the…
- CONTACT: Eduardo G. Abbott (202)458-5200 WASHINGTON, December 22, 1998 - The World Bank's Board of Directors on the December 10, 1998, reviewed the Inspection Panel's report on the Request for Inspection for the India Ecodevelopment Project. The Panel's report was prepared in response to a request filed by a group representing some of the local inhabitants of Rajiv Gandhi National Park,…