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Fresh perspectives and insights from NRGI
Magufuli Seeks the Right Balance for Tanzania’s Mining Fiscal Regime
31 January 2019
Three Ways Companies Can Make 2019 a Big Year for Contract Transparency
30 January 2019
Video: Myanmar’s Jade Rush
14 December 2018

NRGI Continues Media Support Through Unique Fellowships in 2018

7 August 2018
Toyin Akinniyi, Ryan Powell
Across the world, journalists have been key to uncovering malfeasance in the natural resources sector. Media have exposed illicit activities by international oil companies like Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria. They have shed light on Cameroon petroleum contracts that bring few benefits to locals and to national accounts.

Advancing Accountable Resource Governance in Asia Pacific 2018 Course Videos

2 August 2018
Each year, the Natural Resource Governance Institute and Gadjah Mada University’s Department for Politics and Government host a residential training course on extractives governance in Indonesia. In 2018, NRGI and partners produced videos covering the course and interviews with course participants. 

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.

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.

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 2016

13 December 2016
Max Brett

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
Rob Pitman, David 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.

Close to Home: The Critical Importance of Subnational Governance in Oil, Gas and Mining

27 September 2016
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Iwerks
In most countries, national governments negotiate extraction contracts with companies and collect the revenues, but it is those closest to the extraction site that see their physical and economic landscape change most dramatically.

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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