MDB Debarment Screen (World Bank Ineligible Firms)

Screen company and individual names against the official World Bank Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals. Returns structured JSON with firm name, country, ineligibility from/to dates, grounds, cross-debarment flag and source URL.

No paid API key. Uses the same public JSON endpoint that powers the World Bank website table (includes World Bank debarments and cross-debarments from ADB, AfDB, EBRD and IDB under the mutual enforcement agreement).

Official UI: World Bank — Debarred Firms
JSON endpoint used: GET …/ADOBE_EXPRNCE_MGR/FIRM/SANCTIONED_FIRM (public page apikey)

Ideal for vendor screening, KYB / third-party due diligence, procurement compliance and MDB-financed project checks.

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What it does

1. Fetches the full official World Bank sanctioned-firms JSON once per run.
2. Filters by name/keyword (query / queries), optional country, and optional cross-debarred only.
3. Caps results with maxItems and writes one Dataset row per match.

Notes

• Cross-debarments appear as status: X-DEBARRED / crossDebarment: true; grounds often reads Cross Debarment: ADB|AfDB|EBRD|IDB.
• Open-ended sanctions often use toDate: 2999-12-31.
• Footnote markers like *257 in names refer to the Bank’s Notes on Debarred Firms and Individuals PDF.
• Tip: search a short distinctive fragment of the name (avoid bare Ltd. / Limited).

Who it's for

• Procurement / compliance teams screening suppliers for MDB-financed work
• KYB / AML / third-party risk pipelines enriching vendor records
• Agents and ETL jobs that need official World Bank debarment data as JSON (not scraped HTML tables)

Input summary

Field	Required	Description
query	no	Single name/keyword (substring, case-insensitive)
queries	no	List of names/keywords to screen (OR-combined with query)
maxItems	no	Hard Dataset cap (default 100, max 5000)
country	no	ISO-2 code or country-name substring
crossDebarredOnly	no	Keep only cross-debarred (X-DEBARRED) rows

Leave query / queries empty to export the register (still capped by maxItems).

Output fields

One Dataset row per match:

firmName, name, additionalInfo, country, countryCode, address, entityType, fromDate, toDate, grounds, status, ineligibilityStatus, crossDebarment, mdbSource, supplierId, sourceUrl, sourceApi, notesPdf, lastRefresh, scrapedAt.

Pricing

Pay-per-event suggested for the Store:

• Actor start (apify-actor-start): about $0.04 / run
• Dataset item (apify-default-dataset-item): about $0.003–0.005 / match

Use maxItems as the spend cap. See Store pricing panel once published.

Quick start (Apify Console)

1. Open the Actor → Start.
2. Enter a firm keyword (e.g. CONSTRUCTION) or a list under queries.
3. Optionally set country, crossDebarredOnly, maxItems.
4. Run → export Dataset JSON/CSV.

{
  "query": "CONSTRUCTION",
  "queries": [],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "country": "",
  "crossDebarredOnly": false
}

Local smoke

npm run local
# or: APIFY_LOCAL=1 node src/main.js

Writes storage/datasets/default/000000001.json and storage/key_value_stores/default/OUTPUT.json.

Legal / data source

Data comes from the official World Bank Group public Listing of Ineligible Firms and Individuals (worldbank.org / apigwext.worldbank.org). This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with the World Bank Group or any multilateral development bank. Results are point-in-time copies of the public register — not legal advice. Respect the source site’s terms; do not overwhelm the gateway. For ADB’s complete (non-public) register, authorized users must use sanctions.adb.org separately.

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Português (resumo)

Consulta a lista oficial do Banco Mundial de firmas/indivíduos inelegíveis (JSON público), incluindo cross-debarments de ADB, AfDB, EBRD e IDB. Devolve nome, país, datas de/até, fundamentos e URL da fonte. Sem API key paga. Ideal para screening de fornecedores e compliance em projetos MDB. Pay-per-event sugerido: ~US$0,04 por execução + ~US$0,003–0,005 por item. Fonte legal = listagem pública do World Bank.