- On February 5, 2024, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved, on a no objection basis, the Inspection Panel’s recommendation to investigate the Vietnam Coastal Cities Sustainable Environment related to the…
- Towards the end of February, Inspection Panel Chairperson Mark Goldsmith was invited to speak to researchers at the London headquarters of ODI, a global affairs think tank founded in 1960 “to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality through collaborative research and ideas that matter for people and the planet…
- Inspection Panel Chairperson Mark Goldsmith was invited to speak to researchers at the London headquarters of ODI, a global affairs think tank founded in 1960 “to inspire people to act on injustice and inequality through collaborative research and ideas that matter for people and the planet.” Goldsmith described the Panel’s history and structure, and provided examples of cases in seven…
- THE REQUESTS In November and December 2018, the Inspection Panel received two Requests for Inspection regarding the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low-Income States, and after registering them, chose to process them jointly. These Requests came from two villages in the state of Jharkhand, India—submitted by 104 Santhal tribal community members of one village,…
- THE REQUEST On June 17, 2021, Witness Radio Uganda (WRU)—a non-profit, non-partisan, registered advocacy organization for the protection and promotion of human rights in development—submitted the Request for Inspection on behalf of 24 community members and representatives living in the Project area. The Requesters authorized WRU to represent them during the Panel process and…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on October 1, 2020, by 10 community members from Omolokony Village, Uganda, who asked the Panel to keep their identities confidential. The Requesters claimed that the Project planned to use Oruja Rock, a large rock located near their village, at the Merok site—as a stone quarry for rehabilitation of the Tororo–Kamdini Road.…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on August 4, 2021, by two community members living in the Project area on the coast of Togo. On August 27, 2021, the Panel received additional signatures from another Togo resident and 27 project-affected persons (PAPs) living in nine Togolese villages, and from a community-based organization, authorizing the Requesters to…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on June 30, 2022, by two community members living in the Project area in Cameroon. On July 18, 2022, an additional 99 Requesters from communities and socio-professional organizations in the Project area authorized IFI Synergy—a coalition of local civil society organizations (CSOs), including Green Development Advocates (GDA),…
- THE REQUEST The Request for Inspection was submitted on December 19, 2022, by four Requesters who stated they are the leaders of four “Centrales Chiquitanos” (organizations of Chiquitano indigenous people) in the Chiquitania region of eastern Bolivia. They engaged two local civil society organizations to represent them and authorized the Bank Information Center—a US-based…