ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM
ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Facilitating ADB
in Operationalizing
its Core Values

FOREWORD

We are inspired in our mission of maximizing the development effectiveness of ADB's work by listening to the unheard and responding to their issues while building transparency, integrity, and honesty along the way.​

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Year in Review

Amid the challenges posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Accountability Mechanism of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sustained its efforts to respond to people affected by ADB-assisted projects in Asia and the Pacific.

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By the Numbers

In 2021, the Accountability Mechanism admitted 18 new complaints.

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Accountability Mechanism: 25-Year Story

The Office of the Compliance Review Panel and the Office of the Special Project Facilitator jointly published the celebratory Accountability Mechanism: 25-Year Story on 23 September 2021.

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Problem-Solving

The problem-solving function aims to actively respond to the concerns of people affected by ADB-assisted projects through fair, transparent, and consensus-based problem-solving.

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Compliance Review

The compliance review focuses on the direct and material harm alleged by project-affected people, and whether this is caused by ADB’s violations of its operational policies and procedures in formulating, processing, or in implementing the project.

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