EITI has made so much progress that it is time to focus on a new and critical element.
RWI is offering journalists in Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda a chance to learn more about the extractive industries in a six-month program on covering oil, gas and mineral sectors.
Iraq is rich with oil, but public debate around the oil and gas sector in Iraq is limited, and corruption has reached endemic proportions.
Hydraulic fracturing could lead the U.S. to energy independence. But there are other social and economic factors to consider.
The global transparency initiative will soon require project-by-project reporting of companies' payments to governments.
The international EITI board approved changes to the status of seven countries while meeting in Oslo, Norway, on February 26 and 27.
RWI President Daniel Kaufmann spoke about four “powers” that will strengthen efforts to establish transparency as an international standard.
During a Ted Talk, the U2 frontman called out corruption as one of the primary forces hindering faster progress towards zero poverty.
The U.S. took a big step towards greater revenue transparency with the first meeting of the U.S. EITI Advisory Committee.
The U.S. government announced the membership of the U.S. EITI advisory committee.
Angelo Izama believes Uganda can grow and diversify its economy if it can improve governance of its oil sector.
Five of the winners of ACME/RWI's prizes for best reporting on oil, gas and mining are alumni of our media training program.
The U.S. has the opportunity to become a global leader not just in energy production, but in transparency in the service of sustainable economic growth and public benefit as well.
So far, the government of Cambodia has remained unreceptive to joining the transparency initiative.
The International Board of the EITI made uneven progress in its discussions on how to strengthen the EITI at its meeting in Lusaka, Zambia.
Ukraine's energy minister announced the formation of a multi-stakehold group, the fourth of five steps the country must take to be considered an EITI candidate country.
A current effort to reform EITI will determine how the initiative will remain relevant in this new era of transparency requirements by governments.
RWI cohosted a technical briefing for Ugandan MPs on the Public Finance Bill, which is lawmakers' best hope for establishing a strong legal framework to manage oil revenues.
Poised to earn billions of dollars from mining companies, Afghanistan has released its first EITI reports on payments, receipts and management.
Journalists and advocates from the DRC, Guinea, Niger, Cameroon and Burkina Faso attended a workshop to learn how to make best use of their countries' EITI reports.
Myanmar's embrace of EITI is crucial as the country encourages more foreign investment in its oil and natural gas sectors.
The EITI Coalition in Azerbaijan released a statement expressing worry over "stagnation" of EITI implementation in the country.
Petroperú, the biggest player in the Peruvian oil and gas market, has agreed to participate in EITI reporting.
Some companies in oil-rich Azerbaijan are resisting the call for more openness in EITI reporting.