- November 3, 2014- The Inspection Panel is pleased to announce that Dr. Gonzalo Castro de la Mata assumed office as the new Chairperson of the Inspection Panel, effective November 1, 2014, for one year. Dr. Castro de la Mata replaces Ms. Eimi Watanabe, whose term as Chairperson and Member of the Inspection Panel ended on October 31, 2014. Dr. Gonzalo Castro de la Mata was appointed to the…
- A botanist once found a beautiful flower on the side of a road. He picked it up to analyze it, pulling it apart under the microscope. When he was finished, he could tell the color of the flower, its taxonomy, and the number of stamens, pistils, petals, and bracts, but the life, the beauty, and the fragrance of the flower were gone. Likewise in development, we often forget the essence of why we…
- Responding to People’s Grievances by Piloting an Early Solutions Approach A Case Study from East Badia, Lagos, Nigeria On October 9, 2014, the Inspection Panel hosted a session, as part of the 2014 World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings Civil Society Policy Forum, to discuss the pilot approach to support early solutions of grievances brought to it by requesters. This approach was implemented for the…