Has the EITI been successful? Many efforts have been devoted to improving resource governance through the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. ...

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Progress and Challenges(Panel debate on the EITI at the NFU 2007 conference)The EITI initiative aims to ...

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Transparency is increasingly viewed as central to curbing corruption and other dysfunctions of resource-rich developing countries. The international development ...

Vietnam scores poorly on international measures of corruption. The Communist Party is trying to clean up public life, but progress is slow. Meanwhile, critique increases as corruption and rent-seeking impairs further economic growth.

CoST is a transparency initiative for the construction sector - inspired by the EITI experience from non-renewable natural resource sectors. The initiative ...

Lack of transparency in commercial fisheries has been a longstanding issue for those working to promote small-scale fishers’ rights in developing ...

Corruption is a huge problem in many developing countries that are rich in oil and other natural resources. It is central in explaining why resource rich ...

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of initiatives to improve the governance of the extractives sector. Starting with the Kimberly Process Certification ...

A number of studies suggest that natural resources can have a negative impact on the developing prospects of countries, a phenomenon that has been labelled ...

Global problems facing the marine fisheries sector, including overfishing and the marginalization of the small-scale sector, are leading to increased ...

How does one make sure that revenues from oil benefit the citizens of oil-rich countries? In a number of countries, rents from oil production have increased ...

The discovery of oil or mineral resources has been associated with devastating political conflict and economic setbacks insted of sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation. The Oslo conference is aimed at eliciting lessons learned from recent efforts to improve the management of natural resources in developing countries.

Ce rapport étudie les premières déclarations publiques des paiements effectués par six entreprises pétrolières, ...

Resource discoveries often result in expectations of rapid growth, but also major concerns for increasing corruption. The resource curse literature puts ...

Le pétrole, le gaz et les minerais sont des ressources indispensables pour le bon fonctionnement de nos économies et sont très convoitées. ...

High environmental risks and questionable development outcomes characterise the mining industry. A myriad of small companies operate in competitive, high-risk, high-reward settings with weak institutions that fail to enforce regulations. Such conditions are highly conducive to corruption, violence, and environmental destruction.

The study makes recommendations for Norway’s strategic approach to governance in Nigeria based on a political economy analysis.  Norad was ...

From curse to development: Natural resources, institutions and public revenues’ Time: 8-11 SeptemberVenue: Holmenkollen Park Hotel, Oslo The conference was ...

Between 2011 and 2013, sales of government oil from the ten biggest producers in sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 56% of these countries’ total ...