This guide provides some basic information for parliamentarians exercising oversight of the emerging oil and gas sector in Ghana to ensure that good governance prevails in the sector.
To guide a historic planned review of its mining contracts, the government of Guinea set out Terms of Reference desigend to foster good governance, fair treatment of mining companies and increased investor confidence.
A PowerPoint document giving an overview of the multilateral Open Government Partnership and highlighting governments' opportunities related to oil, gas and mining.
Sierra Leone is rich in minerals which could contribute significantly to the development of the country. This report clearly illustrates that this is not sufficiently the case due to limited tax and royalty contributions from mining companies.
Until a legal framework is in place, signing up for exploration licences in Iraq and Kurdistan remains a huge political risk.
A colelction of contracts, deeds of assignment and the unitization agreement from Ghana's Jubilee Field, as published by Kosmos Energy and Tullow Oil.
DRC's published mining contracts approved/signed after 2008 government renegotiations.
A comparison of U.S. and EU disclosure rules for company payments to governments.
These legislative proposals, adopted in October 2011, would require EU-based companies to disclose their payments to governments for oil, gas, minerals and logging on a country-by-country and per project basis.
This background paper from the Center for Global Development's "Oil to Cash Initiative" considers the implications of allocating a share of Nigeria’s oil wealth directly to citizens of the Niger Delta.
In this working paper from the Center for Global Development, Johnny West says Iraq’s oil industry has an opportunity to introduce an oil dividend based on expanding production.
Guinea's Mining Code approved on 9 September, 2011.
Azerbaijan's 2010 EITI report, carried out by independent accounting firm Moore Stephens, for the year ended 31 December 2010.
RWI of oil, gas and mining company listings on 35 global stock exchanges.
This paper from Bishop Stephen Munga of Tanzania highlights the inherent policy challenges of equitable taxation in a context of growth and development.
A new study on Vietnam's natural resource sectors explores the country's oil, gas and mining industries and the possibilities for joining EITI.
This document regulates the application of the right to prior consultation for indigenous peoples within Peru's extractive industries.
This 2011 law guarantees Nigerian citizens access to public information kept by the government, public institutions and private bodies carrying out public functions or spending public funds.
This report from EG Justice highlights the importance of full civil society participation in Equatorial Guinea's EITI process.
A presentation by RWI on based on analysis of EITI reports from 23 different countries.
An introduction to RWI's online tools for analyzing EITI report results and making comparisons by country and by indicator.
A presentation by RWI on based on analysis of EITI reports from 23 different countries.