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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.
Strengthening civil society participation in EITI – The case of DRC
This case study explores how civil society in DRC has strengthened its participation in EITI, the introduction is below – you can read it in full by clicking on the ‘download’ button Civil society has a crucial role to play in supporting the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and in ensuring that […]
Civil society around the world calls on the SEC
544 PWYP members from around the world wrote to the SEC Chair, Mary Jo White, urging the Commission to reissue a strong implementing rule for Dodd-Frank 1504. You can view the letter – with all its signees – in PDF. The Honorable Mary Jo White Chair U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street NE […]
Fact Sheet on EU Accounting and Transparency Directives
In June and November 2013 the EU adopted amendments to the Transparency and Accounting Directives that oblige all listed and large non-listed extractive companies in the EU to publish the payments they make at project-level in the countries where they operate. This fact-sheet includes the technical details about these rules.
Testing the PWYP coalition model
The Overseas Development Institute carried out a study testing PWYP’s coalition model. Below is the introduction, click here to read the full report. Introduction Since its inception in June 2002, the PWYP campaign coalition has grown from a few UK-based organisations to become a global network of more than 700 organisations in almost 60 countries […]
Australia: an unlevel playing field – Extractive industry transparency on the ASX 200
This brief analyses the current level of disclosure by extractive companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and reviews the responses of investors on the introduction of country-by-country and project-by-project reporting requirements for Australian listed companies.
Niger – the prospect of a better future
Despite being one of the world’s largest uranium producers, Niger lies at the bottom of the human development index. In this video we follow the work of Ali Idrissa, coordinator of PWYP Niger/ROTAB, in his day to day campaign for all of Niger’s citizens to benefit from the country’s natural resources. The film was produced […]