September 2017 News and Analysis from NRGI

News from NRGI
28 September 2017

Highlights

Diagnosing Governance Challenges in the Extractive Sector: The Resource Governance Index and Beyond
As part of the 2017 Civil Society Policy Forum of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group Annual Meetings, NRGI will host the Washington, D.C., launch of the 2017 Resource Governance Index on 12 October. The U.S. event follows a global launch in London.

Tanzania Natural Gas Policy
NRGI has released two further reports in its series analyzing the Tanzanian government’s approach to managing the country’s offshore natural gas sector: "Uncertain Potential: Managing Tanzania’s Gas Revenues" and "Negotiating Tanzania’s Gas Future: What Matters for Investment and Government Revenues?" NRGI experts led a discussion on their research on 28 September in Dar es Salaam.

Transparency, Anticorruption and Sustainable Development: Is Progress Possible?

On 18 September, the Brookings Institution and partner organizations hosted an event to discuss new developments in how transparency, accountability, and participation initiatives, supported by complementary reforms, can reduce corruption and help achieve sustainable development. Watch the webcast, including panelist Daniel Kaufmann, president and CEO of NRGI, here.

Worldwide Governance Indicators Point to Gains, Challenges in 200 Countries
A 2017 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators, a decades-long collaboration between NRGI's Daniel Kaufmann and economist Aart Kraay of the World Bank Development Research Group, was released on 22 September.

Spotlight on data

Countries Struggling with Governance Manage $1.2 Trillion in Resource Wealth

A key challenge for those seeking to ensure that resource revenues benefit citizens has been tracking resource flows.

In a Low-Carbon Future, Better Mineral Governance Could Power Development

Across the different minerals used in clean technologies, on average 42 percent of reserves are in countries with “good” or “satisfactory” resource governance rankings in the 2017 Resource Governance Index, 37 percent are in countries with “weak” scores and a further 7 percent are in countries that score “poor.” Almost none of the reserves are in countries that are “failing” in their resource governance.

Blog

Eurasia Young Professionals Get Crash Course in Mongolia Natural Resources
The Canadian International Resources and Development Institute and NRGI hosted a flagship peer-to-peer learning and scenario-based group exercises workshop in Ulaanbaatar for over 20 young professionals from Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Mongolia.

As Kyrgyz Republic Commits to Reforms, Civil Society Must Monitor Implementation
A pledge to make public services available online to Kyrgyz Republic citizens and businesses as part of a digital transformation program could make government more open, accountable and responsive to citizens, the country’s government says.

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