The Davids and the World Bank!
“There was no example to follow on September 22, 1993, when the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a resolution establishing the Inspection Panel. Over the next 25 years, the Panel forged a legacy...
An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis
What is the inside story of the bank frauds in India? An insight into the ‘Top 100’ bank frauds by the Central Vigilance Commission On October 15, 2018, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) released...
Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report
This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’s failure to comply with its operating policies was seen by the entire world in the...
CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel
October 5, 2018, New Delhi: Medha Patkar, Bharat Patel, Nityanand Jayaraman and other members of the CSOs across India, have criticised the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE),...
CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel
Submission to the Inspection Panel Working Group We are happy to note the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness is reviewing the Inspection Panel’s toolkit to determine whether it...
25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms
This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’s failure to comply with its operating policies was seen by the entire world in the...
Three Things on ADB’s to-do List, According to Civil Society Organisations
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank will finalize its new long-term strategy in July, but Strategy 2030 still needs plenty of tweaking, according to civil society organizations present at ADB’s 51st Annual Meeting in...
CSOs Oppose AIIB’s Plan to Allow Management to Approve Projects
April 9, 2018: 62 Civil Society Groups from four continents issued a public statement to express their concern about the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) ongoing Board meetings in which it is being proposed...
Statement from Concerned Civil Society on the AIIB’s Accountability Framework
Undermining Accountability at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Public Statement from the Concerned Civil Society on the AIIB Accountability Framework 6 April 2018 We, the undersigned civil society groups from around the world, express...
CSOs Call for Accountability and Disclosure from AIIB on its FI Investments
Representatives from civil society organizations from all over the world have written a letter this week to the AIIB, drawing urgent attention to rising concerns of AIIB’s investments through Financial Intermediaries (FIs). This is in...
World Bank Reviewing Inspection Panel’s Mandate
A recent article on the much-acclaimed accountability mechanism of World Bank, the Inspection Panel (IP), indicates that all is not well with it and it could get its wings clipped. The discussion on the...
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