There is an especially high risk that trust funds that finance global health partnership programmes will lack oversight and accountability. The bank does not have a central unit to oversee its participation in global partnerships,16 and the financial intermediary funds that typically fund these partnerships are not covered under the bank’s standard fiduciary, operational, or administrative policies.36 Environmental controls, overhead fees, and the public’s access to information on financial intermediary funds (FIFs) are therefore variable and not guaranteed.4 10 37 38 Bank executed trust funds also came under fire in 2015, when it was made clear that they do not fall under the mandate of the bank’s inspection panel—the body that countries can turn to if they feel that safeguards have been compromised by a bank project.39 40