Making a Good EITI Report: Analyzing EITI Information

On the occasion of the fifth Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) global conference, Revenue Watch has analyzed 50 EITI reports from 23 countries. Some provide clear, complete information about revenues from oil, gas and mining. Others leave readers frustrated and confused. Most fall somewhere in the middle. Read RWI's briefings to find analysis and key recommendations for improving EITI report quality and expanding report usage.

What Makes a Good EITI Report?	What Do the Numbers Say?
Learning from Success and Challenges

RWI Releases Simple Tools to View, Compare Data

RWI Research Associate Alexandra Gillies and Northwestern professor Richard Joseph survey the political turmoil in Nigeria during the illness of late President Umaru Yar’Adua, detailing the uncertainty among Nigerian leaders and the ways in which political tumult slowed action on vital issues such as crippling infrastructural deficit, local confict, oil sector reform, and the rehabilitation of democratic institutions in preparation for the 2011 elections.

Company Disclosure Improvements Must Go Further

The 2011 report on revenue transparency, created in partnership with Transparency International, rates 44 oil and gas companies on their financial reporting in their countries of operation, and on the availability of information on company anti-corruption programs. "It's striking that relatively few companies disclose on a country-by-country basis the payments they made to governments," said Karin Lissakers, director of RWI.

Breakthrough in UK Signals Important Step for Global Corporate Reporting Campaign

At a G20 meeting in Paris, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer and business secretary threw their government's support behind new disclosure rules that would require oil and mining companies to publish payments in every country of operation. RWI's Vanessa Herringshaw explains the significance of the announcement and the need for fast action on similar rules on stock exchanges in Canada, Australia, South Africa and China.

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