"Given the importance and scope of this operation for Bangladesh, the World Bank wants to ensure the highest quality standards from start to finish of the bridge," said World Bank Bangladesh country director Ellen Goldstein. "To this end, we’ve worked with the authorities to agree on a governance and accountability action plan that aims at integrating good governance in project design, enhancing supervision to guarantee quality and ensuring oversight and transparency for greater accountability to the people of Bangladesh."
To enhance transparency, the project will adhere fully to Bangladesh’s Right to Information Act, and implement a multifaceted communications strategy. Accountability will be strengthened through third party monitoring by an independent panel of experts, community-based ‘accountability meetings’ to review the social and resettlement action plans and appointment of an independent project integrity advisor reporting directly to the prime minister.
