At end May, the World Bank Group's Sanctions Board, the Bank's independent administrative tribunal for allegations of corruption and fraud in Bank projects, published its decisions on sanction cases for the first time.
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World Bank fails to take action on Eskom risks
The World Bank has declined to take immediate action over identified issues on water availability, air quality and community services related to Eskom for the Medupi coal-fired power plant in South Africa.
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No IFC audit despite new Peru oil spill
In May, the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO), the accountability mechanism of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, the Bank's private sector arm), closed the Maple Energy case, despite a new oil spill in April.
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Commentary
Accountability squandered?
Despite a 2011 victory in Cambodia, where a mass eviction in the centre of Phnom Penh was halted and remaining affected families finally gained legal title to the land they had been wrongly denied under a World Bank project, recent arrests have put justice in jeopardy and led to calls for a continued lending freeze by the Bank.
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EIR + 10
Minutes of afternoon sessions of extractives conference, Washington DC, 23 April 2012
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Safeguards in a Changing Landscape
Minutes of safeguards meeting, Washington DC, 21 April 2012
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Lessons from IEG's Cluster Review of IFC-supported Extractive Industries Projects
Minutes of IFC and extractives meeting, Washington DC, 21 April 2012
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Development Policy Lending (DPL) Retrospective consultation
Minutes meeting, Washington DC, 18 April 2012
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Supporting Social Accountability for Better Results
Minutes of World Bank Social accountability plenary, Washington DC, 19 April 2012
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UK civil society meeting UK IMF Executive Director Alex Gibbs
Notes of a meeting with UK executive director to the IMF Alex Gibbs in April 2012
