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Civic space

Entrenchment of authoritarian governments and the radicalization of factions that oppose them has resulted in increased civil strife and violence, and a squeeze on civic space in the middle. This has ramifications for resource governance.
Entrenchment of authoritarian governments and the radicalization of factions that oppose them has resulted in increased civil strife and violence, and a squeeze on civic space in the middle. This has ramifications for resource governance.

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    Publications

    NRGI Impact: Nurturing Civil Society Engagement in Tanzania

    2 November 2018

    Partidos Políticos y Gobernanza de Recursos Naturales: Guía Práctica Para la Formulación de Políticas

    29 October 2018

    State Capture

    Collection
    4 October 2018

    Улс төрийн намууд ба байгалийн баялгийн засаглал

    21 September 2018

    Ghana’s Gold Mining Revenues: An Analysis of Company Disclosures

    Briefing
    11 September 2018
    Alexander Malden, Edna Osei

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    News & Insights

    Podcast: NRGI’s Sebastian Sahla Discusses Mining in Myanmar with Austrade

    Sebastian Sahla
    30 September 2019

    Moves to overhaul mining regime underway

    Graphic Online (Ghana)
    24 September 2019

    Faces of Open Government: Suneeta Kaimal

    Open Government Partnership
    23 August 2019

    W. Myanmar Locals Worried BRI Projects Threaten Their Livelihoods

    The Irrawaddy (Myanmar)
    10 August 2019

    Equatorial Guinea: Leading Human Rights Organization Forced to Shut Down, Despite Government Pledge to Improve Civil Society Participation and Join Global Oil and Gas Accountability Initiative

    Publish What You Pay
    22 July 2019

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    Beneficial ownership
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    Open data
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    Revenue sharing
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    Event type: 
    Conference
    Monday, March 6, 2017 - 08:30 to Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 17:30
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    13th Latin American Forum on Extractive Industries

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    Conference
    Monday, March 6, 2017 - 08:30 to Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 17:30
    Bogotá, Colombia

    Media Course on Oil Gas and Mining Governance

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    Monday, October 17, 2016 - 09:00 to Friday, October 28, 2016 - 17:00
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    The Final Bust: Country Strategies to Escape the Pitfalls of Low Commodity Prices

    Event type: 
    Discussion
    Monday, April 18, 2016 -
    17:30 to 19:30
    Budapest, Hungary

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      Beneficial ownership
      Civic space
      Commodity prices
      Contract transparency and monitoring
      Corruption
      Economic diversification
      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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