How Can Africa Get a Better Deal for Its Natural Resources?
Revenue Watch Institute Meeting - Dakar, Senegal
On February 7, 2008, the Revenue Watch Institute brought together African and international experts and policymakers involved in the generation and management of natural resource wealth for a one-day workshop in Dakar, Senegal. The in-depth discussion explored the challenges, opportunities and mechanisms for African countries working to realize greater economic and development benefits from their extractive industries.
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AGENDA AND PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS
Moderator: Peter Rosenblum, Columbia University
- The Liberia Experience, Raja Kaul, Joseph Bell | Download MS Powerpoint
- The DRC Renegotiation Debate, Claude Kabemba | Download Presentation (MS Word)
- Hon. Ahmed Kante, Minister of Mines, Guinea Conakry | Download MS Powerpoint (Français)
- Dr. Thomas Akabzaa, University of Ghana
Moderator: Joseph Bell, RWI Advisory Board Chair
- Juan Carlos Quiroz, Matt Genasci, RWI | Download MS Powerpoint
- Observations on Tanzania's Mining Law, Patrick Nyalando Kassera, Tanzania Revenue Authority
- Windfall Profits Taxes and Other Issues, Robert Conrad, Duke University
Moderator: Emmanuel Kuyole, RWI Regional Coordinator, Africa
- Where Is the Value Added and How Do You Get It?, Tony Paul | Download MS Powerpoint
- Saving vs. Spending a Commodities Windfall, Paul Collier, Oxford University | Related Paper: Laws and Codes for the "Resource Curse" (Yale University)
- Planning Ahead, Hon. Moses Asaga, Member of Parliament, Ghana | Download MS Powerpoint
DINNER: Bringing Benefits to the Producing Regions
- His Excellency Chief Timpre Sylva, Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria | Download Remarks
ICW Unveils Unrecorded Taxes from Subsidized Fuel Sales - The Jakarta Post
Nigerian Government: We Can't Sell Petrol at N50 - Daily Independent
Uganda: What is Plan B for Oil - The New Vision
Uganda: Nigeria to Help Country on Petroleum - The New Vision
Dar es Salaam Seeks to Benefit from Its Minerals - The Citizen (Tanzania)
Africa: Mandatory, Not Voluntary—Holding Canadian Companies Accountable - Pambazuka News (U.K.)
Is Uganda's Oil Boom in Danger? - The New Vision
Top Nigerian Anti-Graft Official Quits - Reuters
Syria Hit by Double Blow on Oil Prices and Falling Supplies - Financial Times
UN Report Says Torture Rife in Equatorial Guinea - Reuters
Venezuela's Budget Based on Petroleum at 60 USD a Barrel - MercoPress (Uruguay)
Drilling vs. Direct Democracy in Mexico - CounterPunch
Iraq Quietly Dismisses Its Anticorruption Officials - The New York Times
Iraq Cabinet Agrees to U.S. Troop Exit by End of 2011 - Los Angeles Times
Congo’s Riches, Looted by Renegade Troops - The New York Times
Norway's Oil Fund Shrinks 1.3% in October - Reuters
Avoiding the Oil Curse - Slate
The Oil Investment Dilemma - Council on Foreign Relations
Miners, Aboriginal Groups Seek Revenue Split - Business Edge (Canada)
Eye on EITI
Produced by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition, Eye on EITI examines progress in the 21 countries who in 2002 endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative agreement (EITI).
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Downloadable Translations:
Policy Brief: Leaving a Legacy of Transparency in Nigeria
Revenue Watch urges the government of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to enact revenue transparency reforms, including most notably the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) bill...
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