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Ibrahima Sorry Diallo
During my youth, I got engaged in citizen movements, I learned to contribute to the development of my country and I have informed myself about associative life. I was able to understand the issues and problems that my country faced in its development. I decided to put the experience in youth movements for to work […]
Strengthening country-by-country reporting regulations in Norway. What next?
Just before the summer recess started in Norway, the Norwegian Parliament, the Storting, agreed to strengthen country-by-country reporting regulations. To find out how the Norwegian Government plans on following up on this new regulation, Truls Wickholm, Member of Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, has sent a written question to Siv Jensen, Norway’s Finance Minister. […]
Legislate, don’t negotiate – Mineral resources: Zambia’s capital wealth?
As in many other countries, taxes represent Zambia’s largest source of domestic revenue, making taxation issues vital for our country’s governance and development. The importance of taxation cannot be over-emphasized as governments are ushered into office based on their promises to revise tax regimes for the greater benefit of its citizens, only to lose power […]
Improving governance of land and forest based extractive sector in Indonesia
“Capable stakeholders, community monitoring, revenue stream and budget analysis, multi-stakeholder dialogues, and open data can pave the way for improvement in the governance of land and forest, especially those used by the extractive sector.” – Agung Budiono, Program Manager of Setapak-PWYP Indonesia. Lack of governance in the extractives relating to forest and land management has […]
Akmal Rustamovich
“I am a patriot” says Akmal Rustamovich, a 25 year old international relations student, whose organisation GIV-Accent joined the PWYP-Tajikistan coalition in 2013. Proud of his country where 60% of the population is aged under 30, Akmal is part of a small team that runs GIV-Accent. Based in Khujand city, in the Northern part of […]
Rano Jumaeva
Our main target is to work with youth, especially with girls from remote areas and villages. We promote education among young girls. We also work with their parents to explain how important it is for women to be educated. We faced different challenges but never gave up. It is hard to locomote between the regions […]
About time! SEC to speed up draft rule for Dodd-Frank 1504
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told to speed up draft rule for landmark 2010 US transparency law for oil, gas and minerals In June 2010, President Obama signed into law Dodd-Frank 1504, which obliges all US-listed extractive companies to publish their payments to the governments where they operate. Section 1504, if properly implemented, will […]
The foundation is shaking beneath Big Oil’s House of Cards
No competitive disadvantage from payment disclosure, says leading natural resource economist Transparency advocates are fighting to prevent Big Oil from weakening Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank, the landmark oil, gas, and mining payment transparency provision. Section 1504, if properly implemented, will enable citizens to monitor the revenue their governments receive from extractives companies, and help citizens […]
Investing in development – what’s next?
Two weeks ago, leaders and decision-makers gathered in Addis for the 3rd Financing for Development Summit (FFD3) to commit to strengthening and exploring innovative ways to finance development. Whilst there were quite some progress, the outcome of the meeting also presented some serious let downs. PWYP decided to share the hopes and expectations of the […]
Achieving Extractive Transparency in the European Union
The European Union’s (EU) 2013 amendments of its Accounting Directive and Transparency Directive to require oil, gas, mining and forestry companies to report their payments to governments on a country-by-country and project-by-project basis were achieved after more than ten years of international advocacy and campaigning by the global Publish What You Pay (PWYP) coalition. Compared […]
Who is paying the price? The impact of low commodity prices on citizens in Mongolia
The Mongolian government has asked its citizens to “tighten their belts” amidst a looming economic crisis after registering a sharp drop in state revenues. With almost 90 percent of the Mongolian exports being mineral products, such as copper and coal, the ongoing fall in commodity prices on international markets has dealt a severe blow to […]
From Kyrgyzstan with love – a documentary on communities and mining
“I love my country, Kyrgyzstan. I love the scenery, I love the people of Kyrgyzstan and I want to see my country flourish so that the people find satisfaction in their lives, so that they benefit from our natural resources and so that our country remains as beautiful as ever.” So says Kalia Moldogazieva as […]