by Jocelyn Soto Medallo In 2020, the Early Warning System pivoted to tracking the development banks’ COVID-19 pandemic relief investments, as a response to the urgent needs of civil society and community partners who sought transparency around the billions of dollars committed to pandemic relief. With thanks to our many…

by International Accountability Project and Saglyk Since 1 January 2020, the International Accountability Project (IAP), through the Early Warning System, has tracked 6 projects financed by the largest development banks in the world including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Bank with…

By Jocelyn Soto Medallo and Gustavo Zullo For the past 2 years, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted us all. At the International Accountability Project (IAP), we shifted our work to address the immediate needs of our staff and partners. IAP also integrated tracking COVID-19 relief financing and addressing rights abuses…

By Elias Jika — Notes from the Civil Society-Led Session at the 2020 AfDB Civil Society Forum The International Accountability Project in partnership with the Arab Watch Coalition (AWC) and Lumiere Synergie pour le Developpement (LSD) held a CSO-led session at the virtual 2020 AfDB Civil Society Forum on 27 November 2020, titled Tracking…

By Hayk Abrahamyan “There is no independent civil society in our country, and the idea that communities can participate in decisions affecting their lives is something unimaginable. When we reached out to the bank representatives in our country [regarding the World Bank-funded COVID response project] they treated us as an annoying factor and would not answer our questions” — civil society partner in Turkmenistan