Civil society letter to the World Bank on the Inspection Panel reforms

Civil society organizations are calling for the World Bank to disclose the final CODE recommendations for Inspection Panel reforms and consult the public on updates to Operating Procedures, noting that other development finance institutions typically conduct public consultations before modifying independent accountability mechanisms.

• Civil society organizations request that the final Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) recommendations regarding Inspection Panel reform be made public before the Board of Directors adopts them, and that the public be consulted on any updates to the Panel’s Operating Procedures.
• The authors argue that public consultation is standard practice for development finance institutions (DFIs) when changing independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs), citing recent processes at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Green Climate Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
• Previous revisions to World Bank Group IAMs included public comment periods, such as a 60-day period for the Inspection Panel’s Operating Procedures in 2014 and a 90-day period for the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman’s Operational Guidelines in 2013.
• The current review intended to update the Panel's mandate to include monitoring and dispute resolution, but the authors express concern that CODE is considering proposals that deviate significantly from existing IAM models.

APA

rrotadmin (2019). Civil society letter to the World Bank on the Inspection Panel reforms. Recourse. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/civil-society-letter-to-the-world-bank-on-the-inspection-panel-reforms/

Chicago

rrotadmin. Civil society letter to the World Bank on the Inspection Panel reforms. Recourse, 2019. https://re-course.org/newsupdates/civil-society-letter-to-the-world-bank-on-the-inspection-panel-reforms/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{rrotadmin2019civil, author = {rrotadmin}, title = {{Civil society letter to the World Bank on the Inspection Panel reforms}}, publisher = {Recourse}, year = {2019}, month = dec, url = {https://re-course.org/newsupdates/civil-society-letter-to-the-world-bank-on-the-inspection-panel-reforms/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }