arc-au.bsky.social
Accountability Research Center bridges research & grassroots perspectives to learn from & inform strategies to improve public and corporate accountability. Based at American University, Washington DC. https://accountabilityresearch.org/
👤 Joined on 13 January 2025
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@arc-au.bsky.socialNext Thursday, Oct. 22, the @arc-au.bsky.social will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with an event at @ausis.bsky.social bringing together researchers and practitioners to reflect on ARC’s decade of engagement with partners working for more accountable governance. www.american.edu/sis/research...
Show PostWe are on day two of our discussion on what the World Bank Group’s new independent accountability mechanism needs to effectively address harms that hurt communities and undermine sustainable development. Today, we are spotlighting the importance of how the new IAM’s leadership is selected.
Show Post. The WBG Board has committed to non-regression as it develops the new framework. Over the next five days we will highlight key building blocks for a strong accountability mechanism and why it matters for the communities that will use it. First up: the IAM must have a remedy mandate.
Show PostThe #RekoDiq mine in Balochistan is framed as a “sustainable development” project by its financiers. But Indigenous Baloch communities, who have lived and depended on the land for generations, were not properly consulted about it. When communities are excluded, “development” becomes dispossession.
Show Post🚨 Join us on 07/07 for the #SPorgWebinar “Rethinking Social Protection: Inclusive, Adaptive, and Future-Ready Systems” buff.ly/hQrQSfN 🕛 16:00 | Manila (GMT +8:00) 🏢Organiser: ADB, UNICEF
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