NGO letter to the European Ombudsman regarding observations on EIB’s reply to Ombudsman’s letter
February 24, 2006
The World Bank Group, the Extractive Industries Review (EIR) and Governance: Evaluating the Bank Groups implementation of its commitments
January 14, 2006
The new report by Environmental Defense and Bank Information Center, examining the World Bank Group’s implementation of its post-EIR commitment to factor governance into decisions about the selection and sequencing of extractive industries operations.
Response from European Ombudsman regarding EIB’s reply of 11 November 2005
January 11, 2006
NGO letter requesting EIB to contact Czech authorities to provide information relating to transport projects in the Czech Republic
December 27, 2005
Grounded in Washington: Extractive Industries Review Implementation in Europe and Central Asia (2004-2005)
December 13, 2005
“Grounded in Washington”, a report from Bankwatch and Bank Information Center, finds that the World Bank Group’s implementation of its Extractive Industries Review (EIR) in Europe and central Asia is neglecting a significant number of commitments which the Bank’s managment signed up to in October last year. Our on the ground investigations into six WBG supported extractive projects has revealed uneven EIR implementation.
Extractive Industries Review Implementation: Assessment of the World – Bank Groups Follow-up Measures
December 10, 2005
Based on several NGOs assessment, the reports concludes that the World Bank Group’s implementation of the EIR, including direct Management commitments, has been disappointing. Governance considerations, relevant to the extractive industries, are not systematically applied and do not appear to be having any influence on project selection or sequencing. Operational polices across the board are relying heavily on Bank staff discretion, both for Development Policy Lending and project lending.
Implementation of the Management Response to the Extractive Industries Review
December 9, 2005
This paper provides a report to the Board on progress in implementing the Management Response to the reports of the Extractive Industries review and the World Bank Groups’s own evaluations. It follows abn interim update to the Board in July 2005. The paper overviews key extractive industries (oil, gas, mining – EI) related developments in the last year, summarizes WBG activities in the sector in the year, and reviews specific progress in implementation of the MR.
Extractive Industries Review Reports
November 4, 2005
Striking a Better Balance Executive Summary English | French | Russian | Spanish ) Volume I: The World Bank and Extractive Industries
BTC Pipeline – An IFI Recipe for Increasing Poverty
October 11, 2005
Report reveals the real impacts of BP’s Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and catalogues the Georgian people’s unfulfilled hopes of increased welfare and development arising from BP’s billion dollar project, hopes which have been fuelled by project backers the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Letter from EIB to the European Ombudsman concerning delay of publication of information about the D8 motorway project
October 11, 2005
