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ADB News Release
ADB'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZES INDEPENDENT INSPECTION OF SAMUT PRAKARN
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROJECT
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (10 July 2001) The Asian Development Bank's Board of
Directors authorized an inspection of the Samut Prakarn Wastewater
Management Project in Thailand. The inspection will be conducted by an
independent panel of outside experts, who will determine whether ADB
complied with its operational policies and procedures in designing and
implementing the project. The inspection will be conducted under ADB's
Inspection Function policy, approved by ADB's Board in December 1995.
The inspection follows a written request filed by three residents of the
Klong Dan community, including the Mayor of Klong Dan, who allege that ADB
failed to comply with its own policies, and that this failure may result in
direct and material harm to the residents of Klong Dan.
This is the first inspection authorized by ADB. The inspection function was
set up to provide people, claiming to be adversely affected by public
sector ADB-financed projects, with an independent forum through which they
can request that any perceived failure of ADB to act in accordance with its
own policies and procedures be examined independently.
The Board's authorization of an inspection does not imply any judgment that
the alleged failure of ADB to comply with its own policies or procedures
has, or has not been, established. It means that the matters raised by the
requesters are arguable and should be examined by an independent panel of
experts.
Under ADB's inspection policy, the panel will carry out a thorough review
of the facts of the claims, including whether the claims are substantiated.
It will then report its findings to the Inspection Committee of ADB's
Board, which will forward the panel's report, ADB's Management's response
and its own recommendations to the Board, to decide what action to take.
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