Official Documents
Contested press release: IDB Board of Executive Directors Discuss Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, August 5, 2004 (IDB website)
Yacyretá Project Independent Investigation Report, February 27, 2004 (IDB Website)
IDB Management´s Response to the Yacyretá Project Independent Investigation Report, August 5, 2004 (IDB Website)
Letter from IIM Panel members to Enrique Iglesias , August 31, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 41 KB)
Civil Society Analysis
Inter-American Development Bank Investigation Confirms Chronic Problems at Yacyretá, International Rivers Network Press Release, July 13, 2004
BIC's Project Factsheet: the IDB-Funded Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project, updated August 2003 (Acrobat pdf 277 KB)
Reflections of a Member of the Inter-American Development Bank Independent Investigative Mechanism by Angus Wright, Professor of Environmental Studies, California State University, Sacramento (Acrobat pdf 162 KB)
Goldman Environmental prize awarded to NGOs for their work on the Yacyreta project, April 2000
Struggle for Participation at Yacyretá Dam, Paraguay/Argentina, by Peña, Elias Diaz, SOBREVIVENCIA-Friends of the Earth Paraguay, submission to World Commission on Dams, June 15, 1999 (IRN website)
Accountability at the World Bank: What Does It Take? Lessons from the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, Argentina/Paraguay, by Kay Treakle, Bank Information Center, September 1998
Correspondence
Letter from brickmakers association and office for the municipality of Coronel Bogado in Yacyretá to WB Inspection Panel regarding negligence of the E.B.Y. and national IDB office, October 9, 2004 (.jpg file 600 KB) Document in Spanish
Letter from civil society NGOs in Paraguay and Argentina to IDB President Enrique Iglesias (en Español), November 7, 2002 (Acrobat pdf 74 KB)
Press
BID Apoya Terminación de la Obra Hidroelectrica Argentino-Paraguaya Yacyretá, IADB Press Release May 8, 2000 (IDB website)
Useful Web Pages
World Bank Inspection Panel
- Inspection Panel website, for all documents related to the two requests for inspection, many in both English and Spanish.
- Follow-up Report to Most Recent Investigation Report, August 6, 2004 (World Bank website)
- Investigation Report, February 24, 2004 (World Bank website)
- Inspection Panel Press Release: Board approves the Inspection Panel’s Investigation of the Argentina/Paraguay-Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, September 20, 2002 (World Bank website)
- Notice of Registration RE: Request for Inspection, IPN Request RQ02/1, May 30, 2002 (World Bank website)
- Request for Inspection by the World Bank and Independent Investigation Mechanism of the IDB, by the Federation of Persons Affected by the Yacyretá in Itapua and Misiones (FEDAYIM), and accompanying documents (CIEL website)
- Press Release: World Bank discusses report of Advisory Panel on the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, January 14, 2000 (World Bank website)
- Notice of Registration RE: Request for Inspection. Argentina/Paraguay:Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project, October 1, 1996 (World Bank website)
IDB Independent Investigation Mechanism
- Independent Investigation Mechanism website, for all documents related to the two requests for inspection, many in both English and Spanish.
- Final Report for Investigation of Loan 760-OC/RG, February 2004 (IDB website)
- Investigation Notice for Second Independent Investigation, October 2003 (IDB website). Also available: Español
- First Request for Inspection by the World Bank and Independent Investigation Mechanism of the IDB, by the Federation of Persons Affected by the Yacyretá in Itapua and Misiones (CIEL website)
- Interrelación Embalse Yacyretá-Sistema del Iberia: Evaluación de la información existente y propuestas de nuevas investigaciones, prepared by Dr. Miguel Auge, September 20, 2001 (IDB website)
- Press Release: “BID Apoya Terminación de la Obra Hidroelectrica Argentina-Paraguaya Yacyretá”, 8 Mayo 2000 (IDB website)
- Agreement from the First High-Level Meeting of the IDB and representatives from Argentina and Paraguay, December 3-4, 1998 (Español) (IDB website)
- Notice of Board of Executive Directors’ Decision to investigate, IDB Independent Investigation Mechanism, November 13, 1997 (IDB website)
- Management’s comments on the Review Panel’s 1997 Report (IDB website)
- Report of the Review Panel, September 15, 1997 (IDB website)
- Board of Executive Directors’ Cover Memorandum, September 1997 (IDB website)