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THE INSPECTION PANEL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR BETTER DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES Gonzalo Castro de la Mata Chairman, Inspection Panel IMF-WBG Spring Meetings – April 17, 2017

INSPECTION PANEL - ORIGINS  UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio (June 1992)  Flashpoint: Sardar Sarovar Dam (Narmada River, India) involving resettlement of some 120,000 people and major environmental impacts 1

INSPECTION PANEL - SUMMARY  Created by the Board in 1993 to:  Receive complaints regarding 118 Requests Received as of March 2017 harm caused by Bank projects  Ensure compliance with Bank policies and procedures  Independent from Bank management, reporting to the Board  First of its kind across IFIs; Today there are 18 mechanisms 2

INSPECTION PANEL – HOW WE WORK 3

DRC Transitional Support for Economic Recovery Credit and Emergency Economic 4 and Social Reunification Support Project

THE PROJECT (2003)  At the heart of the Central African Rainforest. Bank re- engaged in 2001 after a decade of conflict  Forest zoning plan and new forest concession system  Forests home, livelihood, and cultural identity for 250,000 to 600,000 Pygmies 5

THE COMPLAINT TO THE INSPECTION PANEL  From Indigenous Pygmy Organizations  New concession system “would cause irreversible harm to the forests where they live and on which they subsist”  Project “violates their rights to occupy ancestral lands, manage forests and resources according to traditional knowledge and practices, and protect their cultural and spiritual values”  Indigenous Peoples not consulted or did not receive information about project 6

INVESTIGATION RESULTS  While recognizing importance of Bank's engagement in the sector, the Panel found:  No environmental assessment prepared for forest-related activities and lack of community involvement  Project categorized as “B” despite potential significant social and environmental impacts  Failure to identify the existence of Pygmies and thus trigger Indigenous Peoples’ Policy, and prepare an Indigenous Peoples’ Plan  Lack of identification of the cultural property and spiritual values of the forests to Pygmies  Potential restriction of access to livelihood sources 7

POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF THE CASE  Recognition of Pygmies as Indigenous Peoples by the Bank and the DRC government  Integration of Indigenous Peoples as a cross-cutting theme in Bank activities in DRC  Community-managed forest concessions and National Development Strategy for the Pygmies (with Bank support)  Strengthened capacity of the Pygmies to advocate for their rights 8

EMERGING LESSONS SERIES FROM 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 9

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