Diagnosing Governance Challenges in the Extractive Sector: The Resource Governance Index and Beyond
12 October 2017 • 4:00PM EDT
Natural resource discoveries usually spur optimism about development, but research shows that the economies of countries rich in resources have grown more slowly than the economies of countries that are resource-poor.
As part of the 2017 Civil Society Policy Forum of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings, NRGI hosted the Washington, D.C., launch of the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI) on 12 October. The Washington, D.C., launch follows a June global launch in London.Read a Bretton Woods Project transcript of the Washington, D.C., launch. Listen below.