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Fresh perspectives and insights from NRGI
Going Beyond Revenues in Extractive Sector Governance: But How?
22 July 2019
New Database Reveals Prominence of Tax Incentives in Mining
1 August 2019
Will Extractive Companies Move Away from Corruption-Prone Intermediaries?
2 August 2019

Governments, Companies Find a Bit of Common Ground on Resource Nationalism at Indaba

4 March 2019
Kaisa Toroskainen, Silas Olan'g
Over the past decade at least, “resource nationalism” has been a hotly debated concept for those in the oil, gas and mining industries, government decision-makers and media who cover the space.

Protecting Sources, New Reporting Tools Focuses of African Investigative Journalism Conference

16 January 2019
Toyin Akinniyi, Ryan Powell
At Wits University’s three-day African Investigative Journalism Conference in October, NRGI staff and four NRGI media fellows from Nigeria and Tanzania developed a deeper sense of how the media landscape in Africa is changing—particularly as it relates to oil, gas and mining reporting.

How Political Parties Can Take a More Active Role in Resource Governance

6 April 2018
Dana Wilkins, Alberto Fernandez Gibaja
Political parties can help ensure that their country gets the best deal for the extraction of its resources, manages revenues for the long-term best interests of citizens and avoids the resource curse.

Not A Drop to Drink: Environment, Transparency Key Themes at Mining Indaba

16 February 2018
Erica Westenberg
Last week the mining industry held the African Mining Indaba, its annual sector meeting in Cape Town. Concurrently, civil society organizations from across the region met for the ninth annual Alternative Mining Indaba (AMI).

From Governance Structures to Gender Inclusion: A Young Mozambican Lawyer Experiences an Accra Extractives Course

9 January 2018
Deisy Inssa Ribeiro, Nicola Woodroffe
Each year, the Anglophone Africa Regional Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub intensive two-week September course in Accra focuses on the most pressing regional issues in resource governance.

How Can Journalists Overcome Extractives Sector Opacity?

4 January 2018
Ryan Powell
Journalists confront informal and regulatory obstacles. In many cases, private companies and the government prevent media from accessing existing sources of free information. This may take the form of lengthy response times, publicly exposing information requests and managing the approval of how information is presented publicly.

En un futuro bajo en carbono, una mejor gobernanza de los minerales podría impulsar el desarrollo

27 September 2017
Alex Tilley, David Manley
A pesar del retiro del gobierno estadounidense del acuerdo de París sobre cambio climático, las políticas para reducir las emisiones de carbono siguen ganando terreno.

In a Low-Carbon Future, Better Mineral Governance Could Power Development

27 September 2017
Alex Tilley, David Manley
If countries can improve their governance, they might be able to benefit from a nascent minerals boom and supply the world with the materials needed to power the low-carbon economy.

Countries Struggling with Governance Manage $1.2 Trillion in Resource Wealth

8 September 2017
David Mihalyi, Anna Fleming
NRGI set out to collect total oil, gas and mining revenue data for the countries included in the Resource Governance Index to find out how many dollars flow to governments that mismanage the handling of their natural resources. 

Securing Mining Revenues: Good Practice from Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa

17 April 2017
Thomas Lassourd, Alexandra Readhead
NRGI is publishing case studies on South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia that describe alternative legal and institutional mechanisms that these countries have put in place to control the price of mineral exports, operational and capital expenditures, and the cost of debt.

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