This session on Thursday, May 24, is open to attendees of the 2018 IFC Sustainability Exchange, which began on Wednesday, May 23. For a full agenda, click here. 

2121 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20433

Hidden Figures: Progress on Beneficial Ownership in Natural Resources

1:30 pm-2:15 pm
Location
Lobby Level: L-108

This session will explore the potential to use beneficial ownership information to screen for corruption risk factors as part of extractive license allocations. The discussion will draw on emerging experience in Sierra Leone's mining sector, as well as new guidance materials being developed by the World Bank and at NRGI. (For more, see NRGI's May briefing, Beneficial Ownership Screening: Practical Measures to Reduce Corruption Risks in Extractives Licensing.)

Moderator

• Erica Westenberg, NRGI director of governance programs

Speakers

• Cari Votava, World Bank senior financial sector specialist
• Mohamed Bah, Sierra Leone National Minerals Agency chief inspector of mines and head of monitoring and compliance