Sanctions Board Insights
Sanctions Board Insights - February 2022
The Sanctions Board's Newsletter shares updates about recent Sanctions Board membership changes, decisions, and select sanctions data.
Sanctions Board Insights - September 2021
This inaugural edition of the Sanctions Board's Newsletter shares updates about recent Sanctions Board membership changes, decisions, and select sanctions data.
World Bank Group Sanctions System Annual Report
World Bank Group Sanctions System Annual Report (FY22)
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. (Integrity Vice Presidency, Office of Suspension and Debarment, and Sanctions Board)
World Bank Group Sanctions System Annual Report (FY21)
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 Sanctions System Annual Report (FY20)
The third joint Sanctions System Annual Report addresses the institution’s continued efforts to investigate and adjudicate allegations of misconduct in projects financed by the World Bank Group. This publication presents an overview of the sanctions system and its results as reported by the Sanctions Board, the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), and the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD).
World Bank Group Sanctions System Annual Report (FY19)
This second joint Sanctions System Annual Report (FY19) addresses the WBG's continued efforts to investigate and adjudicate allegations of misconduct in projects financed by the institution. This publication presents an overview of the sanctions system and its results as reported by the WBG Sanctions Board, the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), and the Offfice of Suspension and Debarment (OSD).
World Bank Group Sanctions System Annual Report (FY18)
This inaugural report is the result of efforts by the Integrity Vice Presidency (INT), the Office of Suspension and Debarment (OSD) and the Sanctions Board to prepare a joint overview of the Bank Group Sanctions System and its activities over the past year.
Sanctions Board Law Digest
Sanctions Board Law Digest (2019)
The Sanctions Board Secretariat is pleased to announce the publication of the 2019 WBG Sanctions Board Law Digest. The Law Digest reviews the Sanctions Board’s holdings in more than 100 decisions issued since 2007 and provides additional information on the work of the Sanctions Board to date. The many topics covered in this publication include assessment of various allegations of misconduct, factors that affect the choice of sanction, and the Sanctions Board’s treatment of various procedural issues and requests in the course of sanctions proceedings.
For further reference, the full text of Sanctions Board decisions in cases initiated on or after January 1, 2011, may be found here. A current listing of all sanctioned parties may be found at www.worldbank.org/debarr.
Sanctions Board Law Digest (2011)
The 2011 Law Digest summarizes for informational purposes the evolving case law of the Sanctions Board from its inception in 2007 through October 31, 2011. The Law Digest, as prepared by the Sanctions Board Secretariat and reviewed by Sanctions Board members, comprises two parts: Case Summaries and a Case Digest. The Case Summaries provide a brief synopsis of the allegations, outcome, and procedural framework for each case. The Case Digest entries illustrate the legal principles and considerations applied by the Sanctions Board based on the facts and circumstances presented in each case.
Sanctions Board Secretariat Publication
On February 13, 2023, the FCPA Blog published SBS’s piece – How does the World Bank determine who it can sanction? The article discusses how the Sanctions Board continuously clarifies and refines the reach and bounds of the sanctions system through its publicly available body of precedent-setting decisions.
On January 31, 2022, the FCPA Blog published SBS's piece - Is debarment for fraud 'fair and appropriate'? The Sanctions Board Secretariat is continuing its role as a thought-leader in the anti-corruption space with the publication of a piece on the Sanctions Board's nuanced and predictable approach to selecting proportionate sanctions. This article specifically discusses the selection of sanctions in fraud cases, including whether debarment for fraud is fair and appropriate.
On August 4, 2021, the FCPA Blog published SBS's piece - World Bank Sanctions Board proceedings can be fair, flexible...and fast. The articles discusses how the Sanctions Board has endeavored to be ever more agile and adaptive – including through holding hearings and resolving cases virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic and more.
On December 15, 2020, the FCPA Blog published SBS's piece - A diverse World Bank Sanctions Board brings credibility and fairness. The article discusses how the Sanctions Board's diverse composition contributes to its effective decision-making and the credibility of the Sanctions System.
On August 24, 2020, the FCPA Blog published SBS's piece - What we've learned at the World Bank Group about international cooperation. The article discusses the importance of international coordination in addressing corruption.