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
EITI Launches Transparency Guide for Businesses - EITI
In Visit to Niger Delta, Nigeria's President Warns on the Future of Oil - This Day
Mozambique Committed to Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique/AllAfrica
Gazprom's New Man in the Kremlin - The New York Times
The Importance of Transparency and Accountability - Public Financial Management Blog
With New Export Treaty, Kazakhstan Could Bypass Russian Oil Route - EurasiaNet
Blood Barrels: Why Oil Wealth Fuels Conflict - Foreign Affairs
Editorial: Transparency International Report and Fighting Graft - Financial Times
Major Oil Companies Rebuked for Lack of Transparency - Financial Times
Ghana Prepares to Battle "Oil Curse" - UN/IRIN
Nigerians Release Seattle-Based Film Crew - UPI
Opinion: Help Poor States to Seize the Fruits of the Boom - Financial Times
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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