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Time for London’s Alternative Investment Market to embrace extractives transparency
The London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Alternative Investment Market (AIM) was launched in 1995 for smaller and growing international companies looking to raise capital for expansion. AIM describes itself as “the most successful growth market in the world”. The UK government has sung its praises. Lesser known than the LSE’s Main Market where larger, more established […]
Abundant Resources, Absent Data
This report analyses publicly available data in an attempt to draw a comprehensive picture of Australia's extractive presence – by company, country and project. It shows stakeholders a regional snapshot of what a mandatory disclosure law would cover in the Australian context and how this would enable citizens and governments to ensure that they are receiving a fair deal for the extraction of the natural resources.
How Zimbabweans persuaded diamond companies and government to listen
Chiadzwa, Mutare West, Zimbabwe.Credit Robin Hammond / Panos A diamond panner attempts to sell a diamond behind the backs of the military and police who demand all sales go through them. Communities around the diamond fields of eastern Zimbabwe have bolstered their arguments for tax justice by putting data front and centre. In the predawn […]
New ‘report card’ will hold mining companies accountable in Zambia
Publish What You Pay Zambia and Caritas Zambia are working on a tool that could finally give communities a voice. They call it the Corporate Social Responsibility Index, and the idea behind it is simple: Mining companies commit to CSR projects, and the people intended to benefit grade them on their performance.
New reporting mechanism adds local procurement to the global transparency agenda
In the extractives sector, the procurement of goods and services is usually the single largest in-country payment type that a mine site will make over the lifespan of a project, regularly exceeding 70% of total expenditure (see World Gold Council, Responsible gold mining and value distribution, 2013 data for indicative figures). This means that it […]
10 recommendations from Malawi’s first EITI report on forestry, mining, oil & gas
How can we improve the way we manage our mining, petroleum and forestry sectors? – 10 recommendations from Malawi’s first EITI report At the end of April, Moore Stephens submitted the final version of Malawi’s first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report to the Multi-Stakeholder Group. Over the last two months I have shared the top […]
Many ways to lose a billion
Countries rich in oil, gas and minerals often fail to secure a fair share of their natural resource wealth. Revenue loss from the extractive sector is particularly significant given the large number of countries that depend on natural resource revenues for a substantial portion of their annual budgets. Companies employ a wide range of strategies […]
Publish What You Pay Africa meets for its 6th conference
Over 100 delegates are expected to participate in this year’s Africa Conference of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) network from the 11th to the 13th of July 2017 in Livingstone, Zambia. At the top of the agenda will be how to make oil, gas and mineral wealth work for communities across the African continent. […]
Azerbaijan: Transparency Group Delays Reinstatement
The Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) - a voluntary initiative promoting government transparency and accountability – decided on June 28, 2017 to extend Azerbaijan’s “inactive” status in the initiative for another year.
10 Questions I have after reading Malawi’s first EITI report
Malawi’s first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report was submitted to the Multi-Stakeholder Group in April by the Independent Administrator Moore Stephens. Last month, I shared the top 10 insights I gleaned from the report and this month I highlight 10 sets of questions that I have after reading the report. I hope to follow up […]
Community data literacy for demand driven change
The need for this pilot stemmed from the realisation that calls by CSOs and CBOs for improved transparency and accountability in the management of mineral wealth tends to generally overshadow the use of available data to demand accountability. There was also the realisation that publicly available data from local sources, such as local government budgets […]