The Inspection Panel

1818 H Street, NWWashington, DC 20433 USAE-Mail ipanel@worldbank.org

Citizen-Driven Accountability:The Inspection Panel and Development Policy

Operations

Serge Selwan, Sr. Operations OfficerThe Inspection Panel

October 9, 2013

Jurisdiction

Resolution “The Panel shall receive requests for inspection (…) with respect to the design, appraisal and/or implementation of a project financed by the Bank”

Compensation for Expropriation and Extension of IDA Credits to Ethiopia (1995) – Scope of the Mandate of the Inspection Panel (exchange between GC and IPN Chair)

1996 Clarifications: “The word ‘project’ as used in the Resolution has the same meaning as it generally has in the Bank’s practice”

Since DPL Policy – 3 cases (DRC-Forest; Yemen-IRDP; and Poland-3rd EEHCD)

Admissibility Criteria

Two people or a local organization or representative(s)

Affected, or likely to be affected, by project activitiesWho believe that actual or likely harm results from

failure by the Bank to follow its policies and proceduresProject must not be closed or over 95% disbursedManagement must have prior knowledge of the

Requesters concerns

OP 8.60 – Development Policy Lending

Provisions Relevant for Accountability

Para. 6: Consultations and Participation (Bank advises - the participation of key stakeholders; relevant Bank-work is disclosed)

Para. 9: Analytic UnderpinningsPara. 10: Poverty and Social ImpactsPara. 11: Environmental, Forests, and other Natural Resource

AspectsPara. 16: Implementation, Monitoring, and Evaluation

(borrower-driven; Bank assesse adequacy of arrangements)Para. 29: Program Document (disclosure post approval unless

consented by the borrower)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit and Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support Project (2005)

Request for Inspection related to EESRSP and TSERO (impacts on Indigenous Peoples and on forests)

Request received November 19, 2005

Due diligence completed and Registration December 1, 2005

TSERO approved on December 8, 2005

Fully Disbursed December 28, 2005

Opportunity for accountability (20 days)

Management Response received January 13, 2006

Panel Field visit Eligibility Report issued February 16, 2006 (Investigation approved on February 28, 2006)

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Yemen: Institutional Reform Development Policy Financing (2009)

The Yemen Observatory for Human Rights, a local NGO (consultation, disclosure, and fuel taxation and subsidy)

IRDPF approved December 6, 2007 (2nd Tranche cancelled):

1st Tranche Disbursed – July 07, 2008 (Cabinet approval and submission to Parliament of a new tax law)

Request received April 13, 2009

Due diligence completed and Registration April 20, 2009

Management Response received May 20, 2009

Panel Field visit June 9-12, 2009 (translation of Program Document shared with Requesters) Eligibility Report issued June 18, 2009

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Poland: Third Employment, Entrepreneurship and Human Capital Development Policy Loan (2010)

Two survivors of the holocaust (restitution of property)

Request received June 8, 2010

EEHCD approved June 17, 2010 - US$ 1.350 billion (Single-Tranche)

Disbursement July 7, 2010 (Conditions were already met and included the enactment of several laws and regulations related to: the provision of family allowance; family benefits; 2010 budget; the pension fund; delivery of services in Poland in line with the EU Services Directive; etc…).

Opportunity for accountability (20 days)

Program Document shared with Requesters after approval Due diligence completed and Non-Registration July 23, 2010

Thank you