For most of this decade, the governments, extractive companies and civil society groups working to strengthen the governance of natural resource revenues have lived in "times of plenty." The World Bank estimates that real commodity prices in local currency units increased by between 75 and 150 pe
The new EITI Guide for Legislators provides a roadmap to understanding resource revenue management to lawmakers who wish to become leaders in the struggle for better governance.
Revenue Watch Institute is pleased to announce the release of its first comprehensive guide to EITI issues and the challenges of extractive industries accounting for civil society readers.
Too often, developing nations with natural resource wealth face greater conflict, corruption, and poverty than developing nations without an abundance of oil, gas or minerals.
