World Bank Accountability Mechanism

📢The August issue of Accountability Matters is now out!

Last year’s Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework called on public and private finance to step up to boost biodiversity finance and balance nature-positive and rights-based development. We look at how this relates to accountability, and how indigenous people and local communities affected by projects are the keystone to achieving this balance.

We also feature an interview with David Hunter, who reflects on his career advocating for accountability and environmental sustainability, most notably through the establishment of the .

We then take a more detailed look at an outreach event held by the World Bank Accountability Mechanism on dispute resolution in Kenya recently.

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August 2025 issue Accountability Matter is the quarterly newsletter published by the World Bank Accountability Mechanism

🔗https://accountability.worldbank.org/en/news/2024/IAMnet-2024-Annual-Meetings

Opening the IAMnet Annual Meetings in early October, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa indicated that independent accountability mechanisms (IAMs) must be cognizant of the expanding mandate of international financial institutions.

💬“As we look to the future, it is essential that our Independent Accountability Mechanisms align with new realities,” he told the more than 60 participants gathered at ADB Headquarters in Manila.

Here are highlights from the IAMnet Annual Meetings 2024.

IAMnet 2024 Annual Meetings The Annual Meetings of independent accountability mechanisms look to a future of increased and more complex responsibility.