Diagnosing Corruption in the Extractive Sector: A Tool for Research and Action
To empower anticorruption actors to identify, understand and act against extractives sector corruption, NRGI has developed a corruption diagnostic tool to support effective research and advocacy.
In September 2021, NRGI published the first edition of the tool: Diagnosing Corruption in the Extractive Sector: A Tool for Research and Action. NRGI has now published a second edition of the tool. This seven-step tool is a flexible and adaptable guide that helps users engage on sensitive topics, identify and understand major corruption issues, develop multi-stakeholder participation and support, and build and implement action plans to prevent corruption in the future.
The latest edition brings in insights from users of the tool in five different countries, offers new guidance on pressing research topics, and features a digital microsite to help users quickly understand and navigate all relevant information.
- Explore the digital version of the tool.
- Read guidance on key topics, developed for Step 4 of the tool: Licensing and Contracting, Operations, Revenue Collection, Revenue Management, State-Owned Enterprises, Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, Socioenvironmental Impacts in the Mining Sector, and Fossil Fuel Phaseout.
- Read takeaways and summaries on how previous users have carried out diagnostic processes in Chile, Colombia, Guinea, Mongolia, and Philippines.
- Learn about successful anticorruption reforms in other sectors.
- Understand how the 2023 EITI Standard can support anticorruption actors.
