Compliance Review Panel
Compliance Review Panel

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9290928433

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This annual report of the Compliance Review Panel (CRP) summarizes requests for compliance review in 2011 which was a productive year for the CRP. The fifth and final annual monitoring of remedial actions for the Southern Transport Development Project in Sri Lanka---the first compliance review request to complete the full compliance review phase under the 2003 Accountability Mechanism of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)---was concluded. The involvement of the CRP in this monitoring phase of the compliance review has (i) made ADB staff more aware of the safeguards policy and the need for better coordination with the government in its implementation; (ii) made ADB pay more attention to land-use planning and urban development; (iii) sparked improvements in the grievance redress mechanism within the project; and (iv) produced ideas for new, ongoing, and future road development projects in Sri Lanka.

The Good Hegemon
The Good Hegemon

Author: Susan Park

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0197626483

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The good hegemon : demanding accountability as justice for the multilateral development banks -- US norm entrepreneurship and the MDBs -- US hegemony for what? From accountability as control to accountability as justice for the MDBs -- Bank resistance to institutionalising accountability as justice -- Accountability as justice in practice : challenging the banks? -- Changing the banks and strengthening accountability as justice? -- Norm diffusion within the MDBs and insights beyond the banks.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Policing the Banks
Policing the Banks

Author: Maartje van Putten

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2008-11-20

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 0773585168

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Describing how formerly secretive financial institutions have been slow to accept responsibility for the consequences of their investments - especially the problems that can result from projects in developing countries - she shows that financing institutions can cause significant social and environmental damage and argues that new accountability mechanisms are necessary to reduce or prevent such damage. Because such institutions operate on a global scale, only semi-judicial accounting mechanisms can provide the necessary accountability. It is time for the private financial sector to follow multilateral financial institutions in creating independent mechanisms, mediation procedures, and access to decision makers for people harmed or potentially harmed by projects financed by their institutions.

Improving Outcomes
Improving Outcomes

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 9292544799

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The main purpose of the Accountability Mechanism of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide people adversely impacted by ADB-assisted projects with a forum for airing grievances that may have inadvertently arisen as a result of project operations, and seeking appropriate redress. However, few people understand that the mechanism benefits ADB as much as it does project beneficiaries. By ultimately improving project quality, operation of the Accountability Mechanism prevents numerous adverse impacts from occurring altogether. This report summarizes Accountability Mechanism operations during 2013 within the context of specific ADB-assisted projects. This approach provides readers unfamiliar with the mechanism with an easily understandable introduction to its operations. More importantly, the report’s focus on real-world examples allows project beneficiaries and their representatives, nongovernment organizations, government agencies, and even ADB staff members to understand how they may best benefit from its use.