BIC Transparency Documents
A Guide to ADB Transparency: Key Questions for the Ongoing Review 2003-2004, Bank Information Center, March 2004 (Acrobat pdf 334 KB)
What You Should Know About the World Bank's Translation Framework, Bank Information Center, November 2003 (Acrobat pdf 512KB). Also available: Français (Acrobat pdf 34KB) | Pусский (Russian) (Acrobat pdf 245KB) | Español (Acrobat pdf 34KB)
Implementation of the World Bank’s Disclosure Policy: An External Review, June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 686 KB)
Issues for Consideration During the ADB Disclosure Review, May 2003 (Acrobat pdf 500 KB)
Transparency and Accountability in International Financial Institutions, May 2003 (Acrobat pdf 533 KB)
The IFC, Mining, and the Public's Right to Know, Bank Information Center, June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 36 KB)
Global Call for Greater Transparency at the World Bank
Issues and Opportunities for 2002-2003: Promoting the Public’s Right to Know
Assessment of World Bank Group’s Revenue Transparency Implementation in the Extractive Industries (Acrobat pdf, 148 KB). Also available: Pусский (Russian) (Acrobat pdf, 218 KB)
Transparency of Extractive Industry Contracts - Understanding World Bank Group Influence (Acrobat pdf, 57 KB)
Transparency of Extractive Industries Contracts - The Case for Public Disclosure (Acrobat pdf, 73 KB)
Other Analyses
Atlanta Declaration and Plan of Action for the Advancement of the Right of Access to Information, February, 29, 2008. (Acrobat pdf, 68 KB)
Publish What You Pay NGO Coalition Statement G8 Summit - Sea Island, USA, June 2004 (Acrobat pdf 137 KB)
Access to Information: The Commercial Side By Roderick Macdonell, World Bank Institute, July 2003 (World Bank website)
WRI Issue Brief: Aligning commitments: Public Participation, International Decision-Making, and the Environment World Resource Institute, May 2003 (WRI website)
Transparency and the IMF-Toward Second Generation Reforms, by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External Relations at the IMF, March 17, 2003 (IMF website)
Stability, Growth and Poverty Reduction: The UK and the IMF 2002, Department of Her Majesty's Treasury, United Kingdom, March 2003 (Department website)
Open Statement on Steps to Democratize the World Bank and IMF, Bretton Woods Project, endorsed by over 70 organizations, 2003 (Bretton Woods Project website)
Global Corruption Report 2003 Transparency International (TI website)
International Right To Know: Empowering Communities through Corporate Transparency, International Right To Know (IRTK) Coalition, January 2003 (IRTK website)
Reform Proposals for the Governance Structures of the IFIs: A New Rules for Global Finance Briefing Paper, New Rules for Global Finance, 2003 (NRGF website)
Honolulu Face-Off: Civil Society 1, Asian Development Bank 0, Focus on the Global South, May 2001 (Focus website)
Useful Web Pages
Freedominfo.org's IFTI Watch: Articles on Access to Information at the MDBs
For more information about the Global Transparency Initiative or the GTI’s Charter of Transparency Principles for IFIs, see: www.ifitransparency.org
BIC webpages on transparency: