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PWYP urges EBRD to reject Russia-Azerbaijan loan
Update on 23 July 2015 We have come to learn that unfortunately the loan was approved by the EBRD during their meeting yesterday. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Board of Directors is meeting on 22 July to decide whether to arrange a loan of up to US$500,000,000 to Russia’s Lukoil for the […]
Report of the civil society nominations committee on the selection of civil society representatives to the EITI Board
The Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Global Steering Committee, upon the recommendation of the PWYP Secretariat, formulated the criteria for the selection of the civil society representatives to the EITI Board. The Global Steering Committee also formed the civil society Nominations Committee composed of Ms. Cielo Magno (Bantay Kita and a member of the PWYP […]
PWYP UK urges UK Treasury to require open data reporting by all London Stock Exchange-listed extractive companies
July 2015 – With the UK Treasury still appearing reluctant to prescribe open data payment reporting for non-UK-incorporated London-listed extractive companies, PWYP UK members have written to the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke MP, highlighting this inconsistency with the UK’s Open Government Partnership and 2013 G8 commitments on open and machine-readable data and […]
Financing for development and the extractives
We should no longer rely on aid to guarantee sustainable development. Instead we need to seriously look at tax revenues to contribute to a country’s own sustainable development. But some countries won’t raise sustainable development funds with current agreements and power asymmetries. For instance, countries in Africa are losing more in tax dodging and illicit […]
A year long violation of its constitution, it’s time to publish details of Areva deal with Niger
Last year, on 26 May 2014, the Nigerien government and Areva signed an agreement to renew their partnership on the extraction of uranium. Negotiations had lasted over six months, as Areva were keen to be exempt from certain provisions in the 2006 Mining Code. During that time, Nigerien civil society, parliamentarians, media as well as […]
Stop the Bleeding: ActionAid suggests Malawi lost USD 43 million potential revenue from largest mining project
Malawi could have paid for 431,000 HIV/AIDS treatments or the annual salaries of 17,000 nurses, 8,500 doctors or 39,000 teachers if the USD 43 million of potential revenue had not been lost from its largest mining project. This is according to the recently launched ActionAid International study An Extractive Affair: How one Australian mining company’s […]
Zimbabwe invests $ 3 million in mining exploration activities. Is this the right path towards development?
In an attempt to determine Zimbabwe’s mineral reserves, the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has decided to transform the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), a government owned minerals marketing entity, into an exploration company. The newly created Mineral Exploration Promotion Corporation (MEPC), which will be funded by mining revenues, aims at developing the […]
Important budgetary cuts in Congo-Brazzaville. But where did the money go?
In the Republic of Congo, the PWYP coalition is campaigning for better management of natural resources by looking into the efficiency of public spending. To this end, it organises targeted actions to hold the government accountable and to involve citizens into the budgetary process. The President of the National Assembly rises solemnly. The microphone crackles […]
Sustainable development through community engagement: the case for the SDGs
The mineral resources of many developing countries have been viewed as a potential capital that can finance initiatives for sustainable development. However, in the Philippines, mining has never been an agent of development. Instead the decades-long operations of large-scale mining companies in the country have not made any noticeable dent on the fiscal health of […]
New mining code to unlock gold revenues for the future of Burkina Faso
By giving gold revenue back to the Burkinabe and by reducing tax breaks for mining companies in the country, the new mining code in Burkina Faso could secure a brighter and more sustainable future for many generations ahead. We, Mines Alerte Publish What You Pay Burkina Faso, have been campaigning tirelessly with other CSOs since […]
Accounting and Transparency Directives: key issues in transposition
The EU Accounting and Transparency Directives will require oil, gas, mining and logging companies to publish payments made to governments for access to natural resources. EU Member States have until 2015 to pass implementing legislation to bring payment reporting into law. In the UK, the Department of Business, Innovations and Skills (“BIS”) has adopted regulations […]
Natural resources and civic space: A perspective from the UN Special Rapporteur
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) and its members have noticed a worrisome trend in shrinking civic space as the cases of Niger, Myanmar and Azerbaijan have illustrated. As a response PWYP has been working with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights for Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, Maina Kiai, on a recent […]