Global: Transparency violations common theme for World Bank Inspection Panel

The World Bank's Inspection Panel Annual Report highlights the problem of access to information within several World Bank-financed projects. Many of the cases brought to the World Bank’s Inspection Panel (IP) for review concern allegations of a lack of transparency, according to the Inspection Panel’s latest annual report. Alleged violation of the Bank’s disclosure policy was raised in 22 of the 52 cases, which equates to 42 percent of all cases brought to the panel since its 1993 inception, according to a summary chart in the report.