The global transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) will require the production of hundreds of millions of batteries. The general public and critics alike have raised questions about the sustainability of the battery supply chain, from mining impacts to vehicle carbon emissions. This brief provides basic information on the EV battery supply chain and key battery minerals, such as cobalt and lithium.

After several years of support from NRGI, governance of Guinea’s mining sector has markedly improved, with increased investment, quadrupled bauxite production and increased tax revenues from the sector. A new, transparent cadastre facilitates the allocation of licenses and government monitoring of license obligations.

Starting in January 2021, all countries implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) including Myanmar will be required to disclose contracts.

Many governments share evidence from corruption cases confidentially. But how does public disclosure of facts from corruption cases, whether by courts or other law enforcement bodies, aid the broader fight against corruption? Could more transparency help anticorruption efforts by regulators, companies, the media, civil society and others?

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.

Cette note de travail a pour objectif de contribuer au débat naissant sur l’intégration des déclarations ITIE, à travers une analyse détaillée des opportunités et des risques qui en découlent pour la société civile

Mainstreaming—or the move toward meeting EITI requirements through routine and publicly available company and government reporting, rather than standalone EITI reports—has the potential to significantly improve the timeliness, contextualization and quality of disclosed data.

Social media have become important channels for Nigerians to simply and quickly exchange information about the governance of the country’s critically important oil sector.