- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- World Bank management has released its latest report on the implementation of its action plans. The action plans were developed in response to findings in Inspection Panel investigations, and have been approved by the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Management, as requested by the Committee on Development Effectiveness of the Board, began submitting these biannual implementation reports to…
- A Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) has posted a statement about the review of the Inspection Panel’s toolkit. The statement is posted at the top of the Board’s website, or readers can also go directly to the statement from…
- Ramanie Kunanayagam has been appointed as a member of the Inspection Panel, succeeding Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, whose five-year term expires on December 15, 2018. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim announced Ms. Kunanayagam ’s appointment on October 29, 2018, after it was approved by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors. Here is President Kim’s statement: I am pleased to…
- The Inspection Panel on November 5, 2018, issued a Notice of Registration of a Request for Inspection of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States (RWSSP) in India. RWSSP is a US$1 billion project, US$500 million equivalent of which is financed by the International Development Association and the rest by the government of India. The project’s development…
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