- The Inspection Panel on July 24, 2018, issued a Notice of Non-Registration in response to a Request for Inspection of the Private Sector Competitiveness Project in Tajikistan, finding that there was no plausible link between the project and the alleged harm. The Request for Inspection had been submitted on June 21, 2018, by two people residing in Tajikistan and employed by a foreign…
- The Committee on Development Effectiveness of the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has posted a statement on the Board’s website about its review of the Inspection Panel’s toolkit. A link to the statement is posted at the top of the Board of Directors site, or readers can also go directly to the statement from…
- “The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on July 17, 2018, discussed the Inspection Panel’s investigation of the Second Additional Financing of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project, and asked Bank Management to update its Response and proposed Action Plan to fully reflect the steps it has taken and plans to take to address the Panel’s…
- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on September 19, 2018, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to investigate two projects related to the Kalagala Offset Area (KOA) in Uganda. The Panel received two Requests for Inspection of the Private Power Generation (Bujagali) Project, the Water Management and Development Project (WMDP) and the Energy for Rural Transformation Phase III…
- The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on August 6, 2018, approved the Inspection Panel’s recommendation not to investigate the Mining Infrastructure Investment Support Project and its Additional Financing (MINIS) in Mongolia. MINIS is a technical assistance project whose development objectives are to “facilitate infrastructure investments to support mining and downstream processing,…
- The Inspection Panel on September 12, 2018, registered a Request for Inspection of the Water Supply Augmentation Project and the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project (GBWSP) and its Additional Financing in Lebanon. The Request was received on August 6, 2018, from the Lebanon Eco Movement, a network of 60 environmental non-governmental organizations, representing 42 local inhabitants, workers…
- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on September 7, 2018, approved Bank management’s revised action plan in response to the Inspection Panel’s investigation of the Second Additional Financing for the High-Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Board had considered the Panel’s Investigation Report on July 17, 2018, and at that time asked…
- Mr. Kiene, an Austrian national, was appointed to the Panel in 2004, and served as Chair from 2007 to 2009. Most recently, he had served as the Panel Chairperson of Compliance Review at the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism of the Inter-American Development Bank. Mr. Kiene has held leadership positions with the Ford Foundation, German Development Assistance and the…