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Explore our publications on a wide range of topics, to find the powerful facts, stories and approaches that underpin our work to make the extractive industry more open, accountable and participatory.
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 […]
Publish What You Pay Zambia 2015- 2017 Narrative Report
Detailing PWYP Zambia’s activities over the last two years. Including key activities, achievements, challenges and lessons learnt.
10 Things I Learned From Malawi’s First EITI Report
A few days ago, Moore Stephens submitted the final version of Malawi’s first Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative report to the Multi-Stakeholder Group. This means I have had a chance to already read through the first report and decided over the next month to share 10 things I learned, 10 recommendations made and 10 questions I […]
Hundreds of mining, oil and gas companies reveal payments to governments for the first time, in Canada and around the world
Ottawa, Canada – June 8th, 2017 Today, Publish What You Pay-Canada welcomes the public disclosure of hundreds of reports detailing payments to governments by Canadian extractive companies. For most companies, this represents the first time these payments have been made public. “With more than 1200 Canadian-listed extractive companies operating in over 100 countries, the disclosure […]
Three years after ‘win-win’ negotiations, Niger still losing out to Areva
In 2014, Niger announced that it had successfully renegotiated uranium extraction contracts with the French multinational group, Areva. While the negotiations were hailed as being a “win-win” for both Areva and the people of Niger, analysis of newly published information from Areva has called into question if indeed the benefits are mutual. Given that it […]