Though the U.S. government receives industry payments for resources extracted from public lands, it does not require that companies disclose these payments to the public, contrary to an emerging international standard of transparency and accountability. In a column in The New York Times, RWI Director Karin Lissakers describes the low standards in many areas of U.S. revenue management for the oil and mining sectors, and the unfavorable comparisons with states like Nigeria, where stronger disclosure practices are observed.
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