World Bank Group Sanctions Board

This Policy mandates an administrative system for adjudicating allegations of fraud and corruption in connection with World Bank Group financing or guarantee operations and imposing sanctions therefor; and identifies practices subject to sanction and possible forms of sanctions.

This Policy sets out the role, composition, competence, and responsibilities of the World Bank Group Sanctions Board.

This Procedure sets forth the process by which Sanctions Board Members are selected and appointed.

This document provides guidance to those who have the discretion to impose sanctions on  behalf of the World Bank Group as to the considerations that the World Bank Group believes are relevant to any sanctioning decision.

​The WBG Integrity Compliance Office works with sanctioned companies in implementing integrity compliance programs that are consistent with the principles set out in the WBG Integrity Compliance Guidelines as a condition for their release from WBG sanction. The WBG Integrity Compliance Guidelines reflect global standards, principles, and components of effective integrity compliance programs. 

This Procedure, commonly referred to as the “Sanctions Procedures,” sets out the procedures to be followed in the administrative process by which the Bank determines whether or not to sanction parties alleged to have engaged in a sanctionable practice in connection with a Bank-financed project.

Prior versions of the Sanctions Procedures are available

This Directive sets out the institutional and normative architecture of the sanctions system; determines the jurisdiction of the sanctions system; and provides directions on the application of sanctions.

This Procedure sets out a process for a termination of the sanction of ineligibility for an indefinite period of time to be awarded Bank-financed contracts imposed on individuals pursuant to sanctions procedures set out in the Operational Memorandum dated January 5, 1998, and the World Bank Sanctions Committee Procedures dated August 2, 2001.

This Procedures sets out the administrative process to be followed in cases involving alleged sanctionable practices, such as fraudulent, corrupt, collusive, coercive and/or obstructive practices in connection with an IFC Project and operations, non-responsibility of a vendor in procurement, or arising from a violation of a material term of the World Bank Voluntary Disclosure Program.

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This Procedures sets out the administrative process to be followed in cases involving alleged sanctionable practices, such as fraudulent, corrupt, collusive, coercive and/or obstructive practices in connection with projects guaranteed by MIGA and projects in which MIGA has offered technical assistance, or arising from a violation of a material term of the World Bank Voluntary Disclosure Program.

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This Procedures sets out the administrative process to be followed in cases involving alleged sanctionable practices, such as fraudulent, corrupt, collusive, coercive and/or obstructive practices in connection with World Bank guarantee and carbon finance projects, or arising from a violation of a material term of the World Bank Voluntary Disclosure Program.

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The Regulations provide many choices for Borrowers to design the right approach to market, and specify the rules that must be followed. Complementing the Regulations are a series of Guidance Notes, the Standard Procurement Documents (SPDs), templates and other resources, all linked below.

Also known as "Anti-Corruption Guidelines"

Also known as "Anti-Corruption Guidelines"

This pamphlet provides the reader with a non-technical explanation of the World Bank's Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Corruption in Projects financed by IBRD loans and IDA Credits and Grants (Anti-Corruption Guidelines). It is intended primarily for Borrowers and other recipients of World Bank loan proceeds to facilitate their understanding of the Guidelines. It is not intended to substitute for the Anti-Corruption Guidelines.

Released to public by the World Bank Legal Vice Presidency in June 2013