As part of the 2017 Civil Society Policy Forum of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings, NRGI hosted the Washington, D.C., launch of the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI) on 12 October. The Washington, D.C., launch followed a June global launch in London.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), in partnership with the government of Indonesia, is organizing an international beneficial ownership conference in Indonesia on 23-24 October. The conference will be an opportunity to showcase best practices, discuss challenges, provide peer-learning and exchange experiences, and will feature NRGI’s Daniel Kaufmann and Erica Westenberg.
This new index shows promise in some developing countries, but raises alarms over sovereign wealth funds and citizens' freedom to hold governments to account.
Ongoing reforms present an unprecedented opportunity to improve management of Myanmar’s multi-billion-dollar jade and gemstone industry, and reorganization of the sector may proceed most effectively if it is informed by the experience of other gemstone-producing countries.
The Natural Resource Charter Benchmarking Framework is a tool for benchmarking a country’s management of oil, gas and minerals against global best practices. Created in response to government and civil society demand for a practical way to measure resource governance, the framework is the product of five years of expert input and testing in more than 15 country projects.
The Charter is a set of principles for governments and societies on how to best harness the opportunities created by extractive resources for development. It is not a recipe or blueprint for the policies and institutions countries must build, but instead provides the ingredients successful countries have used.
