How Can Africa Get a Better Deal for Its Natural Resources?
Revenue Watch Institute Meeting - Dakar, Senegal
On February 7, 2008, the Revenue Watch Institute brought together African and international experts and policymakers involved in the generation and management of natural resource wealth for a one-day workshop in Dakar, Senegal. The in-depth discussion explored the challenges, opportunities and mechanisms for African countries working to realize greater economic and development benefits from their extractive industries.
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AGENDA AND PRESENTATION DOCUMENTS
Moderator: Peter Rosenblum, Columbia University
- The Liberia Experience, Raja Kaul, Joseph Bell | Download MS Powerpoint
- The DRC Renegotiation Debate, Claude Kabemba | Download Presentation (MS Word)
- Hon. Ahmed Kante, Minister of Mines, Guinea Conakry | Download MS Powerpoint (Français)
- Dr. Thomas Akabzaa, University of Ghana
Moderator: Joseph Bell, RWI Advisory Board Chair
- Juan Carlos Quiroz, Matt Genasci, RWI | Download MS Powerpoint
- Observations on Tanzania's Mining Law, Patrick Nyalando Kassera, Tanzania Revenue Authority
- Windfall Profits Taxes and Other Issues, Robert Conrad, Duke University
Moderator: Emmanuel Kuyole, RWI Regional Coordinator, Africa
- Where Is the Value Added and How Do You Get It?, Tony Paul | Download MS Powerpoint
- Saving vs. Spending a Commodities Windfall, Paul Collier, Oxford University | Related Paper: Laws and Codes for the "Resource Curse" (Yale University)
- Planning Ahead, Hon. Moses Asaga, Member of Parliament, Ghana | Download MS Powerpoint
DINNER: Bringing Benefits to the Producing Regions
- His Excellency Chief Timpre Sylva, Governor of Bayelsa State, Nigeria | Download Remarks
U.S. Said to Allow Drilling Without Needed Permits - The New York Times
Australia Gas Deal Renews Tension - Financial Times
Charged With Fraud, Nigeria's Ruling Party Leader Resigns - Reuters
Western Senators Propose Ban on Pacific Drilling - The New York Times
To Limit Corruption around Mining in Africa, Follow the Money - The Globe and Mail
Court Backs Oil Project - The New York Times
Transparency Increases, But There Is Still a Long Way to Go - The Phnom Penh Post
IMF Develops Project to Help Africa Deal with Illicit Trade - African Manager
Three-day Conference on Africa's Natural Resources Starts in Tanzania - Standard Times Press
After Oil Rig Blast, BP Refused to Share Underwater Spill Footage - ABC News
Finger-Pointing, but Few Answers at Hearings on Drilling - The New York Times
Complaints Over U.N. Prize Sponsored by Equatorial Guinea's Obiang - Reuters
Guide: Community-Company Grievance Resolution for Australian Mining Industry - Oxfam Australia (pdf)
Cote D'Ivoire: President for Life, and Then Some - The New York Times
In Midst of Massive Spill, Oil Industry Fighting Transparency and Accountability - Oxfam America
Leaked Oil Contracts in DRC Threaten Resource Wars and $10 Billion Rip-Off by British Company - Carbon Web
Contracts Confidential: Ending Secret Deals in the Extractive Industries
Contract transparency is sorely needed to improve the management of natural resource wealth. In a new report from RWI, authors Peter Rosenblum and Susan Maples delve into government and private sector objections to contract disclosure and make conclusions about what information may legitimately and reasonably be kept confidential, and how civil society institutions can better confront the challenge of secret deals.
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NEW TRANSLATION: Revenue Redistribution at the Local Level
Many resource-rich countries are attempting to compensate their producing regions through shares of resource revenues to be spent at the local level. In "Extractive Industries Revenues Distribution at the Sub-National Level," development economics consultant Matteo Morgandi presents a comparative analysis of international legislation for distribution of extractive revenues from across all levels of government. Prepared at the request of the Peruvian National Congress, the report studies the legislative practices of seven resource-rich countries to identify potential and address challenges. Please note that this report is now also available in Vietnamese.
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