क्या कामयाब हुआ विश्व बैंक का निरीक्षण पैनल? हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब
तीस साल पहले नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन के विरोध के चलते विश्व बैंक को अपनी परियोजनाओं के प्रभावों की जांच करने के लिए एक स्वतंत्र निरिक्षण पैनल की स्थापना करनी पड़ी थी। ये पैनल कितना...
Inspection panel of WB just an eyewash? | The Money Trail
30 years ago, Narmada Bachao Andolan forced the World Bank to set up a permanent system to look into allegations against projects funded by it.
CSO Comments on Operationalizing Reforms to the Inspection Panel, including the creation of a new Accountability Mechanism
The process of the World Bank reforming the Inspection Panel (IPN) to adapt it to the changing environment, the newly adopted Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) started in 2017. The World Bank’s Committee on...
Procedures for World Bank’s new accountability mechanism lacks transparency and inclusivity
In a press release issued early last week, the World Bank has announced that the review of its independent accountability mechanism, the Inspection Panel, has been completed and that a few major reforms were...
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...
Nothing ‘GREAT’ about AIIB’s Sustainable Cities Strategy
The AIIBs vision must comprise multi-dimensional aspects, including social infrastructure like health and education. It should focus on people, their involvement and fundamental rights in the city. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has...
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...
Case Study: India’s Experience with the IAMs
25 years of Inspection Panel has a special significance for India, having played a key role in its formation. As in the case of all safeguard and other policies, the independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs)...
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...
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...