Accountability Counsel

How can public development banks be more transparent & accountable? We talk with @AccountCounsel about FfD4, the G20 and policy shifts needed to ensure finance serves people & the planet. 🎧 Listen now: soundcloud.com/user-975127425… #FinanceInCommon2025 #FICS2025

It is Now or Never, visit our website and see how it went down on 5th Feb 2025. The message is clear, communities in Lam say No To Coal #NowOrNever #SaveLamu savelamu.org/lamu-communiti… @deCOALonize @katibainstitute @naturaljustice @Lamuwomenallia1 @AccountCounsel @ajws

New podcast episode: @AU_SIS professor Scott Freeman tells the story of a decade-long struggle for compensation by Haitian families displaced by an aid-funded industrial park. american.edu/sis/big-world/… Learn more by reading Accountability Note with @AccountCounsel - After the Agreement: Implementing Remedy for Displacement in Northern Haiti in English bit.ly/3NhesSw in Spanish bit.ly/3TUuB3V in Kreyol bit.ly/3zPUwD6

The IFC's new Performance Standards must include better environmental and social protections in line with current needs–as defined by impacted communities–but they also must be implemented well and monitored honestly accountabilityconsole.com/newsletter/art…

Read more by @vchadw 👇 (3/3) devex.com/shared/hccROK7f

and restrict affected community’s chances to receive remedy for harms suffered. While efficiency is important, the WB and the ADB must not forsake their obligations to be responsible investors who are accountable for their financing. (2/3)

On January 28, the Boards of @WorldBank and @ADB_HQ will be discussing and voting on the proposed Full Mutual Reliance Framework that, if applied in its current state, will lead to lower standards of environmental and social protection in co-financed projects (1/3)

.@WorldBank cancels $150m tourism project in #Tanzania after abuse claims - RD/Share latest coverage of historic win for impacted communities suffering from expansion of @RuahaNP: news.mongabay.com/2025/01/world-… @Mittaloak @MongabayOrg

The @WorldBank Board recently approved important changes to the accountability system. More details need to be decided to ensure that these structural changes benefit communities harmed by World Bank financing. bit.ly/3DUQUkQ

📢 NUEVO INFORME Los bancos de desarrollo afirman garantizar el derecho a la participación y comprometerse con las comunidades afectadas. Pero, ¿cómo puede alguien alzar la voz en contextos donde hablar implica arriesgarse a la cárcel? Exploren nuestro informe en colaboración con @4accountability: Financiando la Represión. 👉 bit.ly/FinancRepresion Exijamos juntos a los bancos de desarrollo que protejan el espacio civil

📢Our December #newsletter is out! What's inside? ✊🏾 inspiring stories of communities seeking justice & resisting harmful projects 📌 updates from our members & partners 📃a curated list of publications & reading tips about #humanrights & #development finance 📅 a calendar with key upcoming events Check it out & share it widely! rightsindevelopment.org/news/newslette…

The new procedures for the @DFCgov independent accountability mechanism include several improvements that will help the office effectively address concerns from project-affected communities. However, accessibility and independence challenges remain. bit.ly/3ZVtILP

Latest @brettonwoodspr Quarterly - @AccountCounsel's Stephanie Amoako argues that accountability is noticeably absent from the World Bank Group’s new Corporate Scorecard brettonwoodsproject.org/2024/12/missin…

New At Issue from @brettonwoodspr’s #ObserverWinter24: ‘Missing in action: accountability is noticeably absent from the World Bank Group’s new Corporate Scorecard’, by Stephanie Amoako from @AccountCounsel tinyurl.com/IAMsWayForward

"As reprisals rise in Asia & the Caucasus, development banks must uphold #humanrights." 👇🏾Check out this new op-ed for @TriplePundit by our Asia Regional Coordinator @tala_celina, @IanSalvana (@forum_asia) & Radhika Goyal @AccountCounsel. triplepundit.com/story/2024/dev…

In @brettonwoodspr #ObserverWinter24 we discuss how accountability to communities is missing from the @WorldBank's new Corporate Scorecard. This gap is indicative of a broad failure to internalise & learn from the work of its accountability mechanisms bit.ly/4fcgsH6

Our #ObserverWinter24 is NOW OUT🚀covering issues such as MDBs climate finance taking centre stage at #COP29Baku, @WorldBank B-Ready index's worrying labour indicators, @IMFNews's fear of social unrest due to conditionality, #IDA21 package and more... tinyurl.com/ObserverWinter…

Witness Radio Statement on the International #HumanRightsDay2024 : A call to the government of Uganda to protect Land and Environmental Rights Defenders and Communities affected by irresponsible land-based investments in Uganda. @DCAUganda Read more: witnessradio.org/witness-radio-…

Is the ADB’s Accountability Mechanism truly accessible? Restrictive eligibility rules, legal hurdles, and opaque processes leave many communities without justice. Urgent reform is needed. Read more: bit.ly/4gcL6kC

The "Podcast Guide" by @Forus_Int is a go-to resource for creating quality podcasts. In this guide you will find tips on the technical side of things but also on ethical storytelling and participatory approaches to podcasting. ➡️ bit.ly/ForusPodcastGu… The guide will help you think about whose stories you're sharing — and why. Dive in to discover how to bring meaningful voices to the forefront and make your podcast truly stand out! #ResourceOfTheWeek