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ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Best Practices for Budget Transparency PDF file
At its 1999 annual meeting, the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials asked the Secretariat to draw together a set of Best Practices in this area based on Member countries' experiences.

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Managing Oil Wealth, Article from the IMF publication Finance and Development, March 2003

WORLD BANK

"Mining and Development: Treasure or Trouble? Mining in Developing Countries" - Report by the World Bank (PDF filePDF file)

World Bank report on Civil War and Development Policy

REVENUE WATCH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

BBC Documentary: The Curse of Oil
BBC's Storyville series explores the relationship between oil companies, consumers and those who live where the oil is extracted.

Once more about transparency and efficiency, Echo, April 10, 2004

Oil: A Lifecycle Analysis of its Health and Environmental Impacts Published by the Center for Health and Global Environment, Harvard Medical School (March 2002) (PDF filePDF file)

Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project: A Study Tool and Case Study



   
 

Landslide Shuts Down Ecuador Pipeline - Reuters

Nigerian President Touts New Oil Legislation - Daily Trust/AllAfrica

Africa Demands Larger Slice of Mining Revenues - Mineweb

Russia in Bid for Kyrgyz National Gas Company - Eurasianet

 
 

OSI's Revenue Watch Program Becomes Independent Institute

In June 2006, the Open Society Institute spun off its Revenue Watch program to create an independent Revenue Watch Institute (RWI), a sister organization to coordinate and lead the Soros Foundation Network’s (SFN) work on transparency and accountability in resource-rich countries.

 
 
 

IMF Country Reports on Kazakhstan
The IMF produced new Kazakhstan country reports November 15, 2004.
   • Selected Issues
   • Statistical Appendix

IMF: Azerbaijan's Poverty Reduction Progress
The Government of Azerbaijan submitted its Progress Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in October 2004. IMF Joint Staff has released its assessment of the progress report prepared by the government.
• Progress Report PDF file
• Joint Staff Assessment PDF file

 

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