EITI's revised standard of performance requires implementing countries to release wide-ranging new information about oil, gas and mining industries.
EITI has made so much progress that it is time to focus on a new and critical element.
The Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) and the Oil for Development Program (OfD) of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation are pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for the 2013 RWI Petrad Fellowship.
In its multi-faceted approach to engaging with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Revenue Watch provides thought leadership on best practices, delivers training...
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 third edition of the Francophone Africa Summer School on Governance of Extractive Industries (EI) will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, from August 12-23, 2013.
The third edition of the Francophone Africa Summer School on Governance of Extractive Industries (EI) will be held at UCAC’s campus of Ekounou-Ayene from August 12-23, 2013.
The U.S. government announced the membership of the U.S. EITI advisory committee.
Some feedback from participants of the highly technical, fast-paced Advanced Course thus far.
Day three of the Advanced Course was about different fiscal instruments available to resource-rich states.
On Day Two of the Advanced Course, students had lots of questions, and were challenged with lessons on practical modelling and fiscal regimes.
Thirty-two students from five continents gathered in Budapest for a two-week course to develop their expertise on oil, gas and mining issues.
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.
Veteran lawmakers met with brand-new parliamentarians at an RWI workshop on oversight of the oil, gas and mineral sectors.
A current effort to reform EITI will determine how the initiative will remain relevant in this new era of transparency requirements by governments.
Crude oil sales make up 70 percent of the government’s annual revenue, so it's imperative for journalists to know how oil revenue is managed.