An estimated USD 8.6 billion in taxes and other payments collected by state-owned enterprises were placed in an opaque fund known as “Other Accounts” at the Myanmar Economic Bank.

There is a reasonable chance that foreign investment in the LNG project will not happen under current conditions. If the project does proceed, the government revenues it generates are unlikely to be transformative.

This report presents the results and recommendations of an evaluation of mining governance in Guinea in 2017 and 2018, according to the methodology of the Resource Governance Index.

Ce rapport présente les résultats et recommandations de l’évaluation de la gouvernance minière en Guinée sur les années 2017 et 2018, selon la méthodologie de l’Indice de Gouvernance des Ressources Naturelles. 

Стратегийн ордууд дахь төрийн эзэмшлийг төлөөлөх, ашигт малтмалын тусгай зөвшөөрлүүдийг удирдах, уул уурхайн салбарыг дэмжих зорилгоор 2006 онд Эрдэнэс Монгол компанийг төр засгаас холдинг компани хэлбэрээр байгуулсан байдаг.

This report explores the Mongolian company’s recent unconstrained expansion to determine whether it serves the best interest of the state and the Mongolian people. 

In many oil-producing countries, the national oil company (NOC) sells vast quantities of the state’s oil and gas. The sale of a state’s non-renewable natural resource endowment is often a revenue stream that can have a significant impact on a country’s national budget and development. The authors of this briefing use data from NRGI’s new National Oil Company database to examine the governance and corruption risks posed by NOCs' oil sales activities. 

This report details how the National Oil Company Database was developed, provides an overview of major findings, and discusses the implications for governments, national oil companies and international actors. 

This report explores common resource governance successes and challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors conclude that policymakers, parliamentarians, civil society, media and regional institutions must focus on narrowing the implementation gap between extractive sector laws and actual practice, which will help to restore trust between government, communities and investors and thus strengthen sustainable management of natural resources.