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Fresh perspectives and insights from NRGI
Equity and Good Governance Are Essential for the Energy Transition
29 March 2022
Celebrating Inspirational People Advancing Gender Equality in Extractives
8 March 2022
NRGI in 2022: Facing the Future
10 January 2022

Revisit the Most-Read NRGI Blog Posts of 2018

19 December 2018
The resource governance dimensions of Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther, a groundbreaking online oil sector simulation and extractive contracts transparency were all hot topics this year.

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

6 April 2018
Dana WilkinsAlberto 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.

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. 

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.

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.

At International Anti-Corruption Conference, Calls for Sustained—and Heightened—Vigilance

16 December 2016
Max George-Wagner
The IACC drove home that the global anti-corruption movement needs to brace itself for change, hold on to hard-fought victories and look for new opportunities where they arise.

NRGI’s Top 10 Blog Posts in 2016

13 December 2016

NRGI’s blog—which showcases the breadth of expertise of a global team and delves into the most pressing issues in resource governance—received thousands of unique visits this year.

Natural Resource Charter Benchmarking Framework: 170 Crucial Questions for Resource-Rich Countries

17 October 2016
Robert PitmanDavid Manley

NRGI is pleased to present the Natural Resource Charter Benchmarking Framework: 170 questions you and your government should be asking about natural resource governance.

NRGI Marks Fifth Anniversary of the Open Government Partnership

21 September 2016

In September, the Open Government Partnership celebrated its five-year anniversary at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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