Du panel d’inspection de la banque mondiale au mécanisme de responsabilisation de la banque e mondiale : vraie réforme ou faux-semblant ?

On September 2020, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors adopted a Resolution establishing the World Bank Accountability Mechanism (Accountability Mechanism Resolution), composed of the original World Bank Inspection Panel, established in early 1993, and a new entity called the Dispute Resolution Services. A counterpart updated Resolution was also adopted relating to the World Bank Inspection (Inspection Panel Resolution), with Terms of Reference and Selection Procedures for the Secretary of the Accountability Mechanism. The aim of this work is to consider the most important features and the innovative character of the World Bank’s new Accountability Mechanism, especially from the perspective of local communities that submit requests in regard to social or environmental concerns regarding Bank-financed development projects.