Joint Recommendations for Strengthening the Asian Development Bank’s Accountability Mechanism

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 […]

Coal for Climate?

ADB backs Indonesia with US$600 million new coal funding despite climate pledge: report

NGOs accuse ADB of funding Indonesia coal plants despite clean energy promises

Smog and Mirrors

New Guide For Making Accountability Mechanisms More Effective

The Good Policy Paper: Guiding Practice from the Policies of Independent Accountability Mechanisms, published today, is a roadmap for financial institutions setting up new independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs), as well as a tool for existing IAMs to evaluate the effectiveness of their current policies. The Good Policy Paper examines the policy provisions currently in place […]

Laos: Demanding accountability for deadly dam collapse

Samoa: Averting harm from ADB-backed land reforms

Time for a mind shift at ADB on displacing the poor

Every year, millions of people around the world are forcibly displaced from their lands, homes and livelihoods to make way for large-scale development projects. Most often those who are forced to sacrifice their place on Earth for both public and private interests are among the poorest and most vulnerable people in society, and thus the […]

Cambodia: Communities reach resolution with Mitr Phol