Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World Bank/IMF annual meetings 2011. This page is being updated regularly.
Inspection Panel
Infrastructure
News
World Bank busted over bus project in Lima
The Bank board approved in June a management response to a complaint from residents of the Barranco district in Lima, Peru, about the impacts of a bus service project that it supported.
Land
News
Red-Dead sea plan in hot water
Three civil society groups have filed a complaint with the World Bank's Inspection Panel, its complaint mechanism, over the Bank's feasibility study for a project to channel water from the Red Sea to replenish the Dead Sea.
IFI governance
News
World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2011
Analysis of governance reforms and other decisions made at the 2011 World Bank and IMF spring meetings
Accountability
Commentary
Cambodians denounce World Bank-funded land grab
We are the residents of Boeung Kak in Sras Choc commune, Phnom Penh, Cambodia who submitted a complaint to the World Bank Inspection Panel in September 2009. Our land rights, including our right to register our land, were unfairly denied by the World Bank-financed land-titling project.
Accountability
News
Cambodia and the limits of World Bank accountability
The World Bank Inspection Panel released an investigation report in March, which found that the Bank breached its operational policies by failing to properly design and supervise the Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), contributing to "grave harm" to affected families.
Environment
News
World Bank ignoring forest communities?
The World Bank has come under fire for its Inspection Panel's decision on the forestry sector in Liberia, while new reports from civil society groups add to the growing backlog of criticism over the Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
IFI governance
News
World Bank-IMF annual meetings 2010
Analysis, news, and about the events inside and around the World bank/IMF annual meetings 2009. This page is being updated regularly.
Environment
News
World Bank coal lending up amid energy furore
Energy policy at the World Bank remains controversial, with escalating lending to coal projects and a delay to the energy strategy review. Past Bank-financed energy projects in Ghana and Albania are also proving problematic.
Accountability
News
Gender: IFI neglect continues
Gender Action and the Center for International Environmental Law published Speaking up for gender: A step-by-step guide to holding IFIs accountable.
IFI governance
News
World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2010
Analysis of governance reforms and other decisions made at the 2010 World Bank and IMF spring meetings
Accountability
News
Bank Inspection Panel leadership changes
Roberto Lenton succeeded Werner Kiene as chair of the World Bank's Inspection Panel on 1st November, and Eimi Watanabe was appointed as a panel member.
