Women make up only 22 percent of the oil and gas workforce and 14 percent of the industrial mining workforce. This post explores the history of legal restrictions on women’s work and the implications of prohibitions.
NRGI's interim president and CEO details how the organization will use its expertise to help resource-rich countries navigate the challenges of the global pandemic and the accelerating climate crisis in 2021.
L'exploitation minière et pétrolière représente un enjeu stratégique, mais elle est trop souvent source de désastres sociaux et environnementaux. Mieux encadrée, mieux contrôlée, elle peut au contraire devenir une source de prospérité pour les populations d’un pays. A condition de mettre en place une bonne méthodologie de suivi des engagements pris par l’Etat et les entreprises extractives : c’est l’objet de la présente vidéo.
The New Producers Group--a network of officials from countries newly producing oil and gas or exploring production--has launched a new website to facilitate knowledge sharing among members.
Suneeta Kaimal, Daniel Kaufmann, Erica Westenberg, Mario Picon, Norman Eisen, Michael Jarvis, Kelsey Landau, Robin J. Lewis, Allison Merkel, Victoria Bassetti
The natural resource governance field needs revamped strategies and new methods that are more effective in promoting resilience and a sustainable energy future. Investors and international financial institutions are a priority audience for lessons learned and anticipated transitions ahead.
Our most-read blog posts of 2020 focused on the impatcs of the coronavirus pandemic on natural resource governance - from how governments in mineral-dependent countries can respond to the pandemic, to the link between fallig oil prices and increased corruption. Read them all here.
The oil and mining transparency rule adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will fail to achieve the level of payment disclosure necessary to deter corruption in the natural resource sector.
En medio de la agitación política en el Perú, las leyes sobre la gobernanza de los recursos naturales han sido puestas en peligro con el fin de atraer inversiones para la reactivación económica. El crecimiento en la inversión no debería producirse a costa del debilitamiento de la gobernanza.
Matthieu Salomon, Gay Ordenes, Lisa Caripis, Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie
On International Anti-Corruption Day, the EITI, NRGI and TI Accountable Mining are partnering to present new tools and guidance to combat extractive sector corruption.