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World Bank Group Issues Seventh Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• When World Bank Group project funding is not used for its intended purpose, it hurts the poorest and most vulnerable people. This report documents how the sanctions system—the Integrity Vice Presidency, the Office of Suspension and Debarment, and the Sanctions Board and its Secretariat—worked to help ensure that funds were used as intended.

World Bank Group Issues Sixth Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• The world is facing a pivotal moment of urgent global challenges for development. It is critical for the World Bank to remain vigilant against corruption in the projects it finances. This report documents how the offices of the World Bank’s sanctions system worked in FY23 to help ensure that the Bank’s funds are used in a transparent and accountable manner and only for their intended purposes.

World Bank Group Issues Fifth Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• This report documents how, in a time of increasingly complex global challenges and historic development support by the World Bank Group, the offices of the sanctions system worked in FY22 to help ensure that the WBG’s funds are used in a transparent and accountable manner and only for their intended purposes.

World Bank Group Issues Fourth Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• Prepared jointly by the World Bank Group’s Integrity Vice Presidency, Office of Suspension and Debarment, and Sanctions Board, the report illustrates how the institution’s sanctions system has worked in FY21 to meet the challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing global anticorruption landscape.

World Bank Group Issues Third Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• Despite unprecedented challenges in FY20, the World Bank Group's Sanctions System issued its third Annual Report. Published on October 9, 2020, the third Annual Report provides an overview of the World Bank Group's Sanctions System and its activities over the past year. This report is a joint collaboration by the Integrity Vice Presidency, the Office of Suspension and Debarment, and the Sanctions Board.

World Bank Group Issues Second Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• The second Annual Report, which provides an overview of the World Bank Group's Sanctions System and its activities over the past year, was published on October 10, 2019. This report is again a joint collaboration by the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD), and the Sanctions Board. 

World Bank Group Issues First Joint Sanctions System Annual Report

• As an example of the collaborative work among the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD) and the Sanctions Board, the first World Bank Group (WBG) Sanctions System Annual Report was published on October 3, 2018.         

The World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment: 10-Year Update on Case Data & Metrics (Addendum to the Second Edition, 2007-2017)

• 10-year update on case data and metrics in OSD's Reporton Functions, Data and Lessons Learned.

The World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment: Report on Functions, Data and Lessons Learned (Second Edition, 2007-2015)

• Second edition of OSD's Report on Functions, Data and Lessons Learned.

The World Bank Office of Suspension and Debarment: Report on Functions, Data and Lessons Learned (2007-2013)

Symposium on Supranational Responses to Corruption Knowledge Report

Knowledge Report Symposium Supranational Integrity in Climate Finance

Global Suspension and Debarment Directory

On July 29, 2021, the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD) published the Global Suspension & Debarment Directory, the first ever consultative resource on exclusion systems. This Directory is the product of the 2020 Global Suspension & Debarment Survey, a global survey launched in March 2020 that captured data and information on the exclusion systems of 23 different jurisdictions and institutions. This Directory is for anyone interested in learning about how these jurisdictions employ exclusion mechanisms to prevent certain suppliers from accessing public funds.

To learn more about the Directory and check out the accompanying table, please visit the website www.worldbank.org/exclusionsurvey.

• The FCPA Blog announcing the Directory
• The World Bank’s Governance for Development blog announcing the Directory

Colloquium

Fifth Suspension and Debarment Colloquium 2020

• The Fifth Colloquium on Suspension and Debarment will be on April 23, 2020.  To learn more about the upcoming event, click here.

Fourth Suspension and Debarment Colloquium 2017

• The Fourth Colloquium on Suspension and Debarment showcased recent developments in suspension and debarment systems worldwide, examining the various uses of suspension and debarment in the procurement and anti-corruption contexts.

Third Suspension and Debarment Colloquium 2015

• The Third Colloquium on Suspension and Debarment showcased the broad range of first principles underlying suspension and debarment systems, covering developing trends and potential harmonization of systems worldwide.

Publications and Articles

Fact Sheet: Two-Tier Sanctions Management Process

The World Bank Group Sanctions System Pamphlet