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Beneficial ownership

Secret ownership structures enable some extractive companies to evade tax payments or hide improper relationships. Publishing information about companies’ “beneficial owners”—that is, the individuals that ultimately control or profit from a company—can help to deter such practices.
Secret ownership structures enable some extractive companies to evade tax payments or hide improper relationships. Publishing information about companies’ “beneficial owners”—that is, the individuals that ultimately control or profit from a company—can help to deter such practices.
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Beneficial Ownership Screening: Practical Measures to Reduce Corruption Risks in Extractives Licensing
Briefing
15 May 2018
Where Do We Go From Here? Taking Stock of Beneficial Ownership Transparency
14 August 2018
Leveraging Beneficial Ownership Information in the Extractive Sector
Briefing
22 October 2018

    Publications

    Initial Evidence of Corruption Risks in Government Oil and Gas Sales

    23 June 2016
    Aaron Sayne, Alexandra Gillies

    Owning Up: Options for Disclosing the Identities of Beneficial Owners of Extractive Companies

    20 August 2015
    Aaron Sayne, Erica Westenberg, Amir Shafaie

    Tanzania’s 2015 Extractive Sector Legislation: Recommendations for Effective Implementation

    2 December 2016

    Securing Fair Value from Nigeria’s DSDP Contracts

    20 March 2017
    Aaron Sayne

    Developing a Strong Mining Divestment Rule in Indonesia

    24 February 2017
    David Manley, Emanuel Bria

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    Fighting the Resource Curse Through Online Gaming

    The Economist [paywall]
    28 June 2018

    The Country That Wasn’t Ready to Win the Lottery

    Foreign Policy
    19 June 2018

    Ukraine Civil Society Pinpoints Obstacles to Beneficial Ownership Clarity

    Nasima Nazrieva
    13 June 2018

    Five Ways to Improve Ukraine’s Draft Extractives Transparency Law

    Nasima Nazrieva
    11 April 2018

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

    Dana Wilkins, Alberto Fernandez Gibaja
    6 April 2018

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    Opening Up Ownership: Africa EITI Conference on Beneficial Ownership Transparency

    Event type: 
    Conference
    Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 16:45 to Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 17:00

    The Opening Up Ownership Conference

    Event type: 
    Conference
    Monday, October 23, 2017 - 08:00 to Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 17:00
    Jakarta, Indonesia

    ТРЕХЭТАПНЫЙ КУРС "ПРИРОДНЫЕ РЕСУРСЫ ДЛЯ УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ"

    Event type: 
    Training
    Monday, March 25, 2019 - 09:45 to Friday, June 28, 2019 - 09:45
    Baku, Azerbaijan

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      Beneficial ownership
      Civic space
      Commodity prices
      Contract transparency and monitoring
      Coronavirus
      Corruption
      Economic diversification
      Energy transition
      Global initiatives
      Legislation and regulation
      Licensing and negotiation
      Mandatory payment disclosure
      Measurement of environmental and social impacts
      Measurement of governance
      Open data
      Revenue management
      Revenue sharing
      Sovereign wealth funds
      State-owned enterprises
      Subnational governance
      Tax policy and revenue collection
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