World Bank Accountability Mechanism

World Bank Accountability Mechanism is an independent complaints mechanism for people adversely affected by @WorldBank projects. Houses @InspectionPanel & DRS

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Interview on the Dispute Resolution Service's work in Nepal:
https://t.co/2Y4fwIQYZD

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Read the full interview with Maninder Gill, WBG Director, E&S Policy and operations:

https://t.co/1ZIpmJglsF

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Feb issue of Accountability Matters features a double header of interviews with World Bank Management: Maninder Gill, WBG Director, E&S Policy and Operations, and Faris Hadad-Zervos, former Country Director for Afghanistan. Access the full issue :https://t.co/I5n6qIKuvt

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Congratulations to the affected communities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, @nha_pakistan1 & @GovtKhyber for signing an agreement to conclude the process facilitated by the excellent team put together by the Dispute Resolution Service
https://t.co/y0XWIFxwC0

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In Oct. 2025, the Dispute Resolution Service concluded its support on implementation of a mediated agreement in the first-ever DRS case, in Uganda. Here's a video featuring the Parties sharing their story, together with reflections from the DRS team.

https://t.co/3FAGdIqmNo

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🔔Reporting accountability: A round-up of the latest knowledge products from the world of accountability

Start your year with a recap of the most recent publications from organizations working in the field of accountability.

Read summaries here: https://t.co/laSLkLPyOh

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🌿 In the shade of the E&S tree: dispute resolution at independent accountability mechanisms

https://t.co/7IChqXK0c1

Dispute resolution in accountability is not backroom dealing: it is a way to bring parties in conflict together while using environmental and social standards

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The December issue of Accountability Matters is out! Read an interview with @InspectionPanel member @ajaydeshpande1, and a story on how dispute resolution processes take account of environmental and social standards across IAMs: https://t.co/wK7Q2OQd2k

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🎉 The Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) is delighted to announce the release of its Annual Report FY25. It focuses on DRS activities over the last fiscal year, but also reflects progress since the DRS became operational 4 years ago: https://t.co/D3Efks3bD4

#accountability

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🌿 What's the role of communities, civil society, and IAMs in including biodiversity as a stakeholder? Exploring the challenges in mainstreaming nature-positive and rights-based development:

https://t.co/KRp2xAdxyh

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🌿 A conversation with Professor David Hunter in Accountability Matters:

🕊 “Independent Accountability Mechanisms represent a fundamentally different approach to development”

https://t.co/JXjXxhGHbw

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📢The August issue of Accountability Matters is now out! This edition features a story on biodiversity and accountability alongside a substantial interview with Professor David Hunter.

✅ Access the full issue here: https://t.co/sXjQoO7ZnB

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“Africa’s mining sector still suffers from colonial legacies,” says Dr Claude Kabemba in his @AlJazeera interview.

This month’s SARW newsletter explores Zambia’s new critical minerals and copper production strategies, amplifies youth voices shaping mining governance, and highlights our Africa Mining Accountability Platform (AMAP) featured by the @WorldBankIAM as a tool for transparency. We also share a new SARW article analysing the South Africa–EU Critical Minerals Partnership and upcoming dialogues advancing justice-centred energy transitions.

Read the full edition here: https://t.co/FgA6o5A5oT

#Mining #CriticalMinerals #JustTransition #Africa #Accountability #YouthVoices

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This issue, we have a motley crew of accountability knowledge products, from a blog from Amartya Sen on the distinction between responsibility and accountability to a reflection on how oral traditions can help advance mediation processes. Enjoy!

https://t.co/ySQMoqbBjQ

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Accountability Matters is always on the lookout for innovations, and AMAP fits the bill! Recently launched by @The_SARWatch, the African Mining Accountability Platform aims to help mining-affected communities kickstart accountability where they live.

https://t.co/NsV02fWLrB

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Evelyn Dietsche, @InspectionPanel, spoke with Accountability Matters about her approach to accountability. She also shed light on the unique process by which the 3-member Panel arrives at its decisions on complaints. Thank you Evelyn for the insights!

https://t.co/FQ3aCx87Bm

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🌿 If you missed out on this session from the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, find out what stakeholders had to say about stopping accountability from slipping through the cracks of the Full Mutual Reliance Framework signed by The World Bank and ADB.
https://t.co/1ABdQ4yplP

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📢 June issue of Accountability Matters is now out. Read an interview with Panel member Evelyn Dietsche, or dive into a session on the Full Mutual Reliance Framework, and more!

https://t.co/73Fkm1myFd

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Last week, we co-organized the Portuguese-language seminar “Right to Complain: Grievance Mechanisms on International Financial Projects”, with real-life examples illustrating how affected communities can submit complaints.

https://t.co/s40xwTqcOz

[Business and Human Rights Centre @BHRCmedia]

🆕 We've recorded over 6,400 attacks against people speaking out against corporate harm in the past 10 years - close to two attacks per day on average.

Attacks were reported in relation to almost every business sector and region of the globe over the past decade.