Description
International accountability mechanisms (IAMs) at multilateral development banks (MDBs) continue to evolve - driven both by IAM practice and my MDB-led reviews into their respective IAM functions. What also continutes to evolve, however, are the views and expectations of a wide variety of stakeholders on what IAMs are, and what they should be. This presentation examines these differing - and often contradicting - expectations and analyzes the extent to which IAMs meet (and could meet) these expectations through their two major functions of problem-solving and compliance review. The point of departure, however, is the acknowlegement that IAMs operate within a certain institutional reality that creates certain dynamic 'limits'. Hence the analysis is contextualized by considering the institutional dynamics surrounding IAMs - and by contemplating the effect thereof on the evolving nature of IAMs, and the expectations surrounding them.| Period | 2 Oct 2012 |
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| Event title | Workshop with (current and former) members of International Accountability Mechanisms from the World Bank, Inter-American Development, Asian Development Bank & African Development Bank |
| Event type | Other |
| Location | American University, Washington College of Law in Washington D.C., United StatesShow on map |