§262p–10 Enhancing the Transparency and Effectiveness of the Inspection Panel Process of the World Bank

Summary

Requires the U.S. Treasury to tell U.S. Executive Directors at the World Bank to make Management publish semiannual progress reports on Action Plans the Board has reviewed. People who filed complaints and others get two months to comment after each report is posted. Those comments can be put on the World Bank and Inspection Panel websites with the commenter’s permission. Management must send the reports and comments to the Board and publish what the Board does in response. It also requires supporting the Inspection Panel’s independence and access for claimants. The Independent Evaluation Group must review whether using a country’s environmental and social safeguard systems gives the same project‑level protection as World Bank policies. “World Bank” means the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association.