View the World Bank's Information Disclosure web page
View the World Bank's Summary of In-Country Consultations web page
download the toolkit
Unlocking the World Bank's Access to Information Policy: Your key to the vault, Bank Information Center, September 2010 (BIC website)
Civil society updates
Review of Impact and effectiveness of aid transparency, by Rosie McGee, Institute of Development Studies, Prepared for the Transparency and Accountability Initiative Workshop October 14–15, 2010 (PDF, 806KB)
Access to information at the World Bank: The first 99 days, by Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, The Huffington Post, October 18, 2010 (Huffington Post website)
The World Bank’s New Disclosure of Information Policy: How Can Civil Society Ensure Its Proper Implementation?, by Amy Ekdawi, April 15, 2010 (International Budget Partnership newsletter)
World Bank recapitalization should be conditioned on reforms, by Vince McElhinny, November 5, 2009 (BIC website)
House Committee on Financial Services examines transparency at the World Bank, September 17, 2009 (BIC Website)
We want your feedback, as long as you speak English, by William Easterly, July 2, 2009 (Aid Watch website)
Activist Q&A: Meet Yahya Saleh Mohsen, Yemen Observatory for Human Rights June, 2009 (BIC website)
The Bank of Babel: Why the World Bank should stop (only) speaking English, By Rebecca Harris, June 30, 2009 (Foreign Policy website)
Obama's schooling the Bank on transparency, By Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, June 23, 2009 (The Huffington Post website)
Civil society to the World Bank: Adopt transparency 2.0, By Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, May 5, 2009 (The Huffington Post website)
Memorandum on World Bank Board Transparency Bank Information Center, April 2009 (PDF, 99KB)
Transparency violations common theme for World Bank Inspection Panel, By Toby McIntosh and Rebecca Harris, April 21, 2009 (freedominfo.org)
Yemeni group says lack of translation inhibited transparency, By Rebecca Harris, April 22, 2009 (BIC website)
Voices struggling to be heard: Access to information and the World Bank, By Chad Dobson and Rebecca Harris, April 20, 2009 (The Huffington Post website)
World Bank Rejects Disclosure of Aide Memoires, By Toby McIntosh, March 17, 2009 (freedominfo.org)
Hello, Hello: Calling the World Bank, By Toby McIntosh, March 17, 2009 (freedominfo.org)
International Donors Engage Vietnam on Press Freedom, By Toby McIntosh, March 17, 2009 (freedominfo.org)
Useful Websites
Current World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information (World Bank website)
GTI website and GTI Transparency Charter
GTI World Bank Transparency Scorecard
BIC webpage on World Bank Transparency
IFI Transparency Resource (database on IFI disclosure policies)
freedominfo.org IFTI Watch (IFI access to info news service)
Older Documents:
GTI updates And Submissions
GTI World Bank Update 3: Brief comments on World Bank "Approach Paper", by Bruce Jenkins, Bank Information Center, April 4, 2009 (PDF, 129KB) - Also available in [العربية Español Français Pусский]
GTI World Bank Transparency Review Update 2, by Bruce Jenkins, Bank Information Center, March 13, 2009 (PDF, 71KB) - Also available in [العربية Español Français Pусский]
GTI Update - World Bank to Review Transparency Standards, By Bruce Jenkins, Bank Information Center, February 25, 2009 (PDF, 86KB) - Also available in [العربية Español Français Pусский]
GTI Letter to President Zoellick on WB Disclosure Review Global Transparency Initiative, February 21, 2008 (PDF, 187KB)
Read the correspondence between BIC and the World Bank:
BIC letter to World Bank regarding Disclosure Policy review April 1, 2009 (PDF, 71KB)
World Bank response to BIC letter regarding Disclosure Policy Review April 7, 2009 (PDF, 56KB)
Official Documents
World Bank Disclosure Handbook, January 2003 (World Bank website)
Outlines workflow arrangements for staff for making policy and operational information available to the public.
World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information, 2002 (World Bank website)
The Bank’s current policy governing disclosure of information. Approved by the Bank’s Board of Directors on August 30, 2001.
Civil Society Analysis
Assessing World Bank Openness: A Transparency Scorecard_WB September 2006 (Acrobat pdf 185 KB) (BIC website)
Bretton Woods Update, Number 35, Bretton Woods Project, July/August 2003 (Bretton Woods Project website)
Implementation of the World Bank's Disclosure Policy: An External Review , June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 433 KB) (BIC website)
BIC's Toolkit for Activists # 1: Getting Access To Information From The World Bank: The Fundamentals, plus the 2003 Toolkit Update, Bank Information Center (BIC website)
Development Bank Transparency: Issues and Opportunities for 2002-2003, Bank Information Center, March 2002 (Acrobat pdf 217 KB) Also available: Español | Portugues | Français (BIC website)
The Ongoing Struggle for World Bank Transparency: The Outcome of the Information Disclosure Policy Review, Bank Information Center, November 4, 2001 (BIC website)
Representation without Information: How World Bank Group Governance Shuts Out Citizens and Undermines Accountability, Bank Information Center, September 2001 (BIC website)
The World Bank's Proposed Changes to its Information Disclosure Policies: A Critical Review, RESULTS Educational Fund, April 2001 (Acrobat pdf 70 KB). Also available: Español (Acrobat pdf 14 KB) (BIC website)
What You Should Know About the World Bank's Translation Framework, Bank Information Center, November 2003 (Acrobat pdf 512KB). Also available: Français (pdf 34KB) | Pусский (Russian) (pdf 245KB) | Español (pdf 34KB) (BIC website)
Correspondence
Call for a Comprehensive Translation Policy at the World Bank (Acrobat pdf 1 MB) and Cover letter (Acrobat pdf 130 KB), July 1, 2003 (letter from more than 50 NGOs to President Wolfensohn) (BIC website)
Response from Ian Goldin, World Bank Vice President of External Affairs to Call for Comprehensive Translation Policy, September 12, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 223 KB) (BIC website)
Press
World Bank Board Poised for Breakthrough on Disclosing Draft Documents, Freedominfo.org, May 24, 2004 (freedominfo.org website)
Useful Web Pages
World Bank Information Disclosure Page (World Bank website)