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Fresh perspectives and insights from NRGI
Contract Transparency is an Extractive Industries Success Story—But It’s Not Over Yet
8 December 2020
Risk and Reward in Ghana’s Agyapa Gold Royalties Deal: Eight Points for Consideration
1 October 2020
Enabling Resilience in Unprecedented Times
10 August 2020

Business as Usual Is Not an Option: The Future of Natural Resource Governance

9 December 2020
 

Upgraded ResourceProjects.org Offers Robust Data on Extractive Companies’ Payments to Governments

9 November 2020
Tommy Morrison
ResourceProjects.org contains data on more than $240 billion in oil, gas and mining payments to governments in 2019 alone. With a new data layout and updated company and country pages, users can quickly find out how much (or little) a company is paying in taxes, royalties, production entitlements and more. 

Incluso en medio de precios bajos, raras veces son necesarias las exenciones fiscales para los proyectos petroleros de América Latina

29 October 2020
Fernando Patzy
Luego de la pandemia y la caída de precios, los países de América Latina están considerando otorgar exenciones fiscales para mantener la inversión de las empresas en sus propios proyectos. Esta publicación explica por qué esta puede no ser una buena medida.

Even Amid Low Prices, Tax Breaks for Latin American Oil Projects Are Rarely Necessary

29 October 2020
Fernando Patzy
Due to the pandemic and falling oil prices, Latin American countries are considering giving tax breaks to maintain investment in their projects--but this may not be a good solution.

Les producteurs africains de pétrole et de gaz auront des décisions difficiles à prendre en matière de fiscalité suite à la pandémie

27 October 2020
Silas Olan'g, Evelyne Tsague, Zeina Dowidar
 

African Oil and Gas Producers Will Face Taxing Challenges Post-Pandemic

27 October 2020
Silas Olan'g, Evelyne Tsague, Zeina Dowidar
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, experts predict Africa’s economy will shrink for the first time in over 25 years. For the continent’s oil- and gas-rich countries the impact of the pandemic coincided with and exacerbated a global drop in oil prices.

Algeria Needs Fresh Thinking More Than Its Oil Projects Need Tax Breaks

27 October 2020
Laury Haytayan
In the aftermath of the pandemic and falling oil prices, Algerian authorities consider giving tax breaks to maintain investment in hydrocarbon projects, but there may be better alternatives for the country.

How the Pandemic Has Roiled Extractive Industry Suppliers—and Why That Matters for Governments and Citizens

24 September 2020
Robert Pitman
Investors are paying close attention to the financial consequences of the pandemic on suppliers, but more on the companies themselves than on resource-rich countries. Supplier governance influences the ability of nations and communities to benefit from oil, gas and mining projects, and is central to securing a “social license to operate.”

The 2021 Resource Governance Index Research Process is Underway

13 July 2020
Liz McGrath, Anna Fleming
Research for the 2021 edition of NRGI's Resource Governance Index has begun. The index measures the governance of oil, gas and mining sectors in resource-producing countries and provides freely available public data to help inform evidence-based decision-making.

Clean Energy and Fossil Fuels in the Middle East: A Virtuous Cycle?

29 June 2020
Carole Nakhle
The world’s determination to fight climate change and green the energy mix is a concern for large Middle Eastern oil exporters, which sit on massive proven hydrocarbon reserves. The risk of such assets becoming stranded and losing value is high, with significant consequences for these poorly diversified economies.

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