Ahead of the Asian Development Bank’s Annual Meeting in Milan, Inclusive Development International joined with civil society partners to share a series of recommendations for strengthening the independence, accessibility and effectiveness of the bank’s Accountability Mechanism.
The ADB’s Accountability Mechanism has historically been seen as a mechanism of last resort, creating barriers to accessibility and leading to one of the lowest eligibility and compliance investigation rates among other Independent Accountability Mechanisms.
The recommendations aim to reduce roadblocks complainants face on the long road to remedy, including eligibility barriers, undue delays, power imbalances, and lack of adequate consultation during the remediation process. They are based on and include case studies, references to good policy at other Independent Accountability Mechanisms, and empirical evidence on the working of the ADB’s Accountability Mechanism for the past 12 years.
You can read a summary of the recommendations here.
The full recommendations are available here.