Policy Comparison Tool

Compare and analyze accountability policies across institutions

Easily compare the policies of different complaint offices across almost 150 policy benchmarks. Use these insights to evaluate each office’s strengths and weaknesses, and to advocate for stronger accountability frameworks.

Active IAMs

Accountability Mechanism	Bank or Institution	Acronym	Active Complaints	Closed Complaints
Objection Procedures on Environmental Guidelines	Nippon Export and Investment Insurance	NEXI OPEG	0	0
Independent Recourse Mechanism	African Development Bank	AfDB IRM	6	128
Environmental and Social Complaints Mechanism	French Development Agency	AFD ESCM	6	59
Independent Accountability Mechanism	U.S. International Development Finance Corporation	DFC IAM	0	0
NCP	OECD		0	0
Independent Complaints Mechanism	German Investment Corporation	DEG ICM	0	11
Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism	Inter-American Development Bank	IDB MICI	5	209
Central Complaints Office	KfW Development Bank	KfW CCO	0	0
Stakeholder Response Mechanism and Social and Environmental Compliance Unit	United Nations Development Programme	UNDP SECU	4	18
Inspection Panel (2021 and prior)	World Bank	WB Panel	0	151
Project-affected People’s Mechanism	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank	AIIB PPM	0	2
Office of Examiner for Environmental Guidelines	Japan Bank for International Cooperation	JBIC OEEG	2	7
Office of the Independent Complaint Mechanism	International Climate Initiative	IKI ICM	0	0
Independent Complaints Mechanism	Netherlands Development Finance Company	FMO ICM	0	19
Ombudsperson	Brazilian Development Bank	BNDES Ombudsman	0	0
Independent Accountability Mechanism	FinDev Canada	FDC IAM	0	0
Complaints Mechanism	European Investment Bank	EIB CM	19	372
Office of the Chief Compliance Officer	Nordic Investment Bank	NIB OCCO	0	0
Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman	International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency	IFC CAO	23	416
Special Project Facilitator and Compliance Review Panel	Asian Development Bank	ADB SPF CRP	59	558
Independent Redress Mechanism	Green Climate Fund	GCF IRM	0	10
Complaints Mechanism	Black Sea Trade and Development Bank	BSTDB CM	0	0
Independent Complaints Mechanism	Proparco	Proparco ICM	0	0
Independent Project Accountability Mechanism	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	EBRD IPAM	10	58
Accountability Mechanism	World Bank	WB AM	1	13
Examiner for the Guidelines	Japan International Cooperation Agency	JICA EG	1	9

Inactive IAMs

Accountability Mechanism	Bank or Institution	Acronym	Closed Complaints
Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise	Canadian Office of the Extractive Sector	CORE	0
Stakeholder Response Mechanism (old policy)	United Nations Development Programme	UNDP SRM	0
Independent Resource Mechanism	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	EBRD IRM	13
Office of Accountability	Overseas Private Investment Corporation	OPIC OA	16
Project Complaint Mechanism	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	EBRD PCM	216
Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor	Canadian Office of the Extractive Sector	COES CSR	6