The Inspection Panel is pleased to announce the release of its Annual Reports for Fiscal Years FY23, FY24, and FY25, available in both electronic and print formats. These reports highlight the Panel’s achievements and activities during a period of significant change—both institutionally and within the broader accountability mechanism space. Throughout these shifts, the Panel remained agile and resilient.

 In FY25, the Panel processed eight new Requests for Inspection, registering six of them, and completing six eligibility assessments of complex cases in multiple regions.

 Panel Chairperson Ibrahim Pam, along with Panel Members Evelyn Dietsche and Ajay Achyutrao Deshpande, noted that the Tanzania REGROW investigation, concluded in FY25, revealed the risks that conservation projects in protected areas pose when they restrict communities’ access to natural resources and adversely affect the safety and livelihoods of people living in and around such areas.

 Marking a first in its history, in FY25, the Panel recommended verification of the Management Action Plan (MAP), which addressed its investigation findings in Togo—an important milestone for the Panel. This affirmed the Panel’s role in reassuring the Board that MAPs are implemented as approved. 

 The Panel’s work throughout the fiscal year contributed to the World Bank’s efforts to strengthen its accountability architecture, including through an external review of reforms to the Panel’s toolkit and the creation of the Accountability Mechanism.