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Fresh perspectives and insights from NRGI
Tin is King in Belitung. Can this Indonesian Island Become a Tourist Destination?
10 April 2018
A Withhold up in Mongolia? Thoughts on the Renewed Tax Debate Around Oyu Tolgoi
27 March 2018
New NRGI Board Member Carole Nakhle: Longevity of Extractives Industry Depends on Gender Inclusivity
8 March 2018

Shell Published its Payments to Governments. Nigeria Has Taken Notice

10 April 2018
Alexander Malden, Toyin Akinniyi, Zira John Quaghe
This level of immediate national press coverage reaffirms the importance of payments to government data to citizens in resource-rich countries, and how it is increasingly informing national debates on countries’ natural resources management.

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.

What Makes an Accountable State-Owned Enterprise?

26 March 2018
Alexandra Gillies, Patrick Heller, Daniel Kaufmann
NRGI president and CEO Daniel Kaufmann and NRGI advisors Alexandra Gillies and Patrick Heller share some ideas for keeping state companies accountable.

Natural Resources Can Fuel Conflicts, But Also Bring Peace: A Conversation with AFRIM’s Starjoan Villanueva

8 March 2018
Max Brett
Villanueva is the director of the Philippine civil society organization Alternative Forum for Research in Mindanao. AFRIM focuses on natural resource management, sustainable rural development and peacebuilding.

Five Lessons from a Free, Online Resource Governance Course

5 February 2018
Yan Naung Oak
Yan Naung Oak is a 2017 School of Data fellow for NRGI Myanmar working on data literacy and data availability in the jade mining sector. Last year, he participated in NRGI's massive online open course, Natural Resources for Sustainable Development: The Fundamentals of Oil, Gas, and Mining Governance. These are his takeaways. 

Ensuring a Fair Deal for Nigerians with Oil-Backed Loans

2 February 2018
Zira John Quaghe, Alexandra Gillies
To ensure transparency and promote informed public debate on the proposed oil-backed loan and its terms, the Nigerian government needs to make these disclosures. 

2018 Natural Resource Governance Institute Training Courses

15 December 2017
NRGI offers global and regional courses (both in-person and online) that are tailored to civil society advocates, government officials, journalists, parliamentarians and other actors who are working to improve the management of oil, gas and minerals.

A 2017 Year-End Message from NRGI President and CEO Daniel Kaufmann

14 December 2017
Daniel Kaufmann
It was a turbulent year for extractives governance, bringing both setbacks and achievements. That said, there also is much cause for optimism.

NRGI’s Top 10 Blog Posts in 2017

10 December 2017
As an eventful year in resource governance draws to a close, revisit these top 10 reads from NRGI.

¿Se Puede Reducir la Dependencia Económica de las Industrias Extractivas en América Latina?

15 September 2017
Claudia Viale

Durante el periodo 2003-2014, conocido como el súper ciclo de los commodities, los países de América Latina profundizaron su dependencia económica del sector extractivo. ¿Porque decimos esto?

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