This year, the NRGI conference focused on the implications of falling commodity prices, bringing together policy makers, practitioners, academics and other leading experts (including many from developing countries) to discuss the salient policy and governance challenges and the latest analysis on these issues. The conference provided a forum for highly interactive debate, showcasing new thinking, policy experience and emerging practice.
The conference, hosted at the University of Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College in partnership with the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre), included keynote addresses, high-level panels and various plenary and parallel sessions on the main theme. Additionally, parts of the conference were webcast live to allow a global audience to take part in the debate. Videos of those sessions can be viewed below. Presentations from the conference will also be posted below shortly.
Open Data and the Impact of Resource Wealth(Session was not webcast/recorded.)
featuring:
Dr. Justin Sandefur, Research Fellow, Center for Global Development
Dr. Fernando Aragon, Simon Fraser University [slides]
Tim Davies, Co-Director, Open Data Services [slides]
Prof. Michael Ross, University of California Los Angeles
Dr. Jim Cust, Director of Research and Data, NRGI
Friday, 26 June
9.00-10.30
How Do Investors Respond to Weaknesses in Governance in the Downturn?(Session was not webcast/recorded.)
featuring:
Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Dr. Jim Cust, Director of Research and Data, NRGI [slides]
Sophie Durham, Senior Associate, Critical Resource (UK) [slides]
Amar Inamdar, Deal Delivery and New Ventures, Shell
9.00-10.30
Strategies for Managing Shrinking Resource Revenues
featuring:
Hon. Amarjargal, former Prime Minister; Member of Parliament, Mongolia
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Ghana [slides]
Dr. Albert Zeufack, Sector Manager, World Bank
Andrew Bauer, Senior Economic Analyst, NRGI
11.00-12.30
Navigating Precarious Environments to Anchor Extractive Industries Governance in the Middle East and North Africa(Session was not webcast/recorded.)
featuring:
Patricia Karam, Director, Middle East and North Africa, NRGI
Hassan Mneimneh, MENA Analyst and Principal, Middle East Alternatives
Peter Rundell, former Deputy Head of Mission at EUBAM Libya; Senior Adviser, Department for International Development (UK)
Alia Moubayed, Director, Senior Economist and Head of Research, Barclays
Sami Atallah, Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies
Mutaz Aneizi, Deputy Director, National Development Economic Board of Libya
11.00-12.30
Innovative Subnational Responses to Low Commodity Prices
featuring:
Dr. Cielo Magno, Coordinator, Bantay Kita (Philippines) [slides]
Ajisatria Suleiman, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Consilium Law and Public Policy (Indonesia) [slides]