The Egyptian government’s engagement in the West Delta project raises many questions regarding the repayment of the World Bank’s loan
The meeting took place during the Inspection Panel’s trip to Sana’a to determine the eligibility of a complaint about Yemeni civil society’s inability to access a translation of a key Bank document.
1.5 years after the Yemen Observatory for Human Rights first requested a translation of the World Bank’s 2008 Development Policy Loan for Yemen, the Bank has finally made this translation available.
Yemeni group files complaint with the World Bank’s Inspection Panel and now change might already be in the air? It has only been slightly over a month since the Yemen Observatory for Human Rights (YOHR) submitted their official complaint to the World Bank’s Inspection Panel but we are already seeing progress with the case. YOHR’s …
Yemeni civil society group take their complaint regarding the World Bank’s refusal to translate a key program document, to the Inspection Panel
The World Bank continues to commission feasibility studies for the proposed Red/Dead Sea Canal, but environmental and political issues remain major issues.
Concerned parties threaten to file a court case against the Egyptian government if they do not receive satisfactory answers.
The project will divert water from the Nile to the reclaimed lands in the West Delta region, while the introduction of the private sector for the first time in Egypt could leave small farmers behind.
The World Bank’s support for the $15.5 million feasibility studies continues to raise questions about the Bank’s application of its operational safeguard policies on the project.