The Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is a recourse mechanism for projects supported by the

International Finance Corporation The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of ...

(IFC) and

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees. These guarantees help investors protect foreign direct investments against ...

(MIGA) of the

World Bank Group The World Bank Group (WBG) is a family of five international organizations that make leveraged loans to developing countries. It is the largest and best-known development bank in the world and an observer at the United Nations Development Gr ...

. It was established in 1999 and is based in

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Mission

The Mission of the CAO is to address complains of people affected by IFC and MIGA projects, and to improve the accountability of both institutions

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* {{international-org-stub World Bank Organizations established in 1999 Ombudsman organizations Consumer organizations in the United States 1999 establishments in Washington, D.C.