Kaufmann, a renowned expert on governance, brings to his new role deep practical experience helping countries plan and deliver reforms.
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the mining and hydrocarbons industries in the Latin American region.
Updates from RWI's regional office on local foreign investment, Petrobras and expanded mining operations in Colombia.
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.
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.
The World Bank's Kai Kaiser discusses a new report that considers resource rich nations through a "political economy" lens.
In a chapter in the newly-published Fuelling the World – Failing the Region?, Dauda Garuba discusses EITI in Africa's Gulf of Guinea.
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.
A New York Times report documents that individual U.S. leaseholders face issues similar to those of oil- and mineral-rich nations.
A new paper contends that the "China Deal" reflects changes and continuity in the global economy.
The Transparency and Accountability Initiative is accepting research submissions on transparency and accountability interventions.
What would happen if Nigeria's government allocated oil revenues directly to citizens in the complex and turbulent Niger Delta?
Oil and mining companies are second only to the financial sector in their reliance on tax havens, according to a new report from ActionAid.
RWI seeks individual research consultants to support the data gathering for the 2012 Revenue Watch Index.
In a recent article in the Yale Journal of International Affairs, two RWI experts discuss the challenges of measuring the impact of transparency on improved governance.