RWI consultant Keith Myers reflects on the challenges facing Iraq's parliament in creating a post-dictator oil power structure.
Participants from 11 countries learned about managing oil windfalls and shielding economies from price volatility.
Executives of oil trading firms expressed little enthusiasm for greater transparency in the sector.
The paper speculates that RWI's findings "could have significant implications for the publicity-shy commodities trading industry."
RWI releases new research revealing the importance of disclosures by national oil companies, a largely-hidden area of the global market.
RWI's research on the double-edged effects of mining revenue is featured in an article in the latest issue of Quehacer.
RWI's Latin America office has published a new Spanish-language report on trends in oil, gas and mining issues in Latin America.
When Norwegian People's Aid looked for a media organization to support its South Sudan program, RWI's Ugandan partner ACME was a natural choice.
RWI and local partners held a workshop to discuss inputs to three proposed petroleum bills.
With RWI support, our partner Ibase has published a new report, giving an overview of Brazil's oil, gas and mining revenues.
RWI partner Foro's new report, El Sector Extractivo en Colombia, gives an overview of the local oil, gas and mining sector.
A recent report evalutates the performance, promise and limitations of the Nigerian EITI as an anti-corruption tool.
In countries rich in oil, gas and minerals, the new opportunities that resource wealth brings too often benefit men rather than women.
Author Michael Ross joined RWI to discuss his comprehensive study of the economic and political consequences of oil wealth.
After years of operating under a decades-old oil law, Uganda's government formally presented its petroleum governance bill.
The World Bank's Kai Kaiser discusses a new report that considers resource rich nations through a "political economy" lens.
Groups from Cameroon and Ghana observed industry activities firsthand and traded experiences with policy and public dialogue.
In a chapter in the newly-published Fuelling the World – Failing the Region?, Dauda Garuba discusses EITI in Africa's Gulf of Guinea.
Two alumni of RWI's media training program received top awards in a Ugandan contest for best reporting on oil and mining issues.
Keith Myers digs deep into the politics that have hindered the passage of Iraq's oil and gas law for more than four years.
Discussions on how technology can further transparency goals raise "non-tech" questions about political power.
In its new 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International makes a direct link between global corruption and increasing public unrest.
Natural resource NGOs and tech experts huddle to discuss how data innovations can build knowledge.
