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<br /> THE INSPECTION PANEL<br /> ANNUAL REPORT<br /> JULY 1, 2017–JUNE 30, 2018<br /> FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR OF CODE<br /> A<br /> s the Inspection Panel prepares to mark 25 years since its<br /> creation by the Board of Executive Directors, it is worth not-<br /> ing the strong and long-lasting legacy it has built over the<br /> past quarter century.<br /> No institution, including the World Bank, is perfect. Despite the<br /> best of intentions and practice, mistakes happen, and those mis-<br /> takes can have serious, if unintended, consequences for communi-<br /> ties and the environment.<br /> In this regard, the presence of the Panel is comforting to the Board.<br /> It provides us with a source of parallel information—of warning in some<br /> cases—about mistakes that need to <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=1"> THE INSPECTION PANEL ANNUAL REPORT </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=2"> FOREWORD BY THE CHAIR OF CODE A s</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=3"> MESSAGE FROM THE PANEL T his has been a</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=4"> Inspection Panel members (from left to right): Go</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=5"> THE INSPECTION PANEL ANNUAL REPORT </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=6"> </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=7"> TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 PANEL DESCRIPTION 8 </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=8"> 4 PANEL DESCRIPTION WHAT IS THE INSPECTION PA</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=9"> HOW IS THE INSPECTION PANEL STRUCTURED? The Inspe</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=10"> </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=11"> CASE SUMMARIES The Panel received seven new R</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=12"> INVESTIGATIONS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=13"> the Requesters, including those related to GBV, u</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=14"> PANEL INVESTIGATION REPORT In its Investigation </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=15"> The Panel concluded that the project’s enviro</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=16"> 12 INSPECTION PANEL ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=17"> MANAGEMENT REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION In its Augu</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=18"> PENDING INVESTIGATIONS UGANDA: PRIVATE POWER GEN</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=19"> PRO JECT INFORMATION Water Management and Develop</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=20"> PENDING DECISIONS INDIA: PROPOSED AMARAVATI SUST</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=21"> by management “provide an opportunity for the Ban</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=22"> CASES NOT INVESTIGATED CAMEROON: LOM PANGAR HYDR</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=23"> nism (GRM) would continue to process project-rela</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=24"> MONGOLIA: MINING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT SUPPOR</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=25"> PANEL DECISION The Panel registered the first two</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=26"> CASES NOT REGISTERED PERU: BOOSTING HUMAN CAPITA</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=27"> MONGOLIA: MINING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT SUPPOR</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=28"> TAJIKISTAN: PRIVATE SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS PROJEC</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=29"> MANAGEMENT PROGRESS REPORTS (AS OF MAY 2018) </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=30"> </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=31"> APPENDICES</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=32"> APPENDIX I: GRAPHS ON PANEL CASES REQUESTS REC</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=33"> GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CASES </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=34"> POLAND 1 2 SERBIA ROMANIA 2 ROMANIA KOSOVO </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=35"> REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF CASES , South Asia, 2</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=36"> APPENDIX II: BIOGRAPHIES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND EXE</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=37"> the University of Linkoping, Sweden, with a multi</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=38"> APPENDIX III: INSPECTION PANEL BUDGET Sa</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=39"> © 2018 International Bank for Reconstruction and </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=40"> HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PANEL’S YEAR Caseload: The Pa</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=41"> things, discussed challenges and opportunities wh</a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=42"> © 2018 International Bank for Reconstruction and </a> <a title="IPN_AnnualReport_2018 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d109a338?page=43"> </a>