REVENUE WATCH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
Recent Reports
Pro-Poor Governance of Oil Revenues in West and Central Africa
A new policy brief by IDASA examines the challenges facing African oil-producing countries in translating oil wealth into poverty reduction and national development, along with the potential roles of civil society and government in tackling these challenges. IDASA is a partner in RWI's International Budget Project and a leading budget monitoring organization in Africa.
Previous Reports
Legal Remedies for the Resource Curse
The Justice Initiative released this report assessing the availability of legal remedies for addressing corrupt practices in the natural resource industries on September 6, 2005. Legal Remedies for the Resource Curse is a digest of practical experience in using law to combat corruption across jurisdictions.
Following the Money 101:
A Primer on Money-Trail Investigations 
The Coalition for International Justice created this useful primer on investigating the financial networks supporting corruption and crime in February 2004.
• Appendix: Corporate Registry Guide
Opening Budgets to Public Understanding and Debate: Results from 36 Countries
Revenue Watch partner The International Budget Project developed the Open Budget Questionnaire to evaluate public access to budget information and the openness of the budget process from the perspective of civil society organizations. This 2004 reporty analyzes the responses to the questionnaire.
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Newsletter (PDF file)
The third edition of the EITI newsletter was released in September 2004.
Africa Budget Watch
The September issue of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa's bi-annual newsletter on budgetary issues in Africa.
Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights
US-based group Human Rights Watch accuses the Sudanese Government and big oil companies of a policy of division and displacement. The group has investigated the role of oil in Sudan's 20-year civil war. It says drilling for oil is linked to attacks on civilians by government forces and government-backed militias.
Oxfam Report on the Extractive Sectors and the Poor (October 2001) (PDF file)
Conflict, Security, and Development Group: Report on monitoring off-budget military expenditures (PDF file)
Friends of the Earth memo on oil funds (PDF file)
Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom and the Poor, Report by Catholic Relief Services, June 2003
African Oil Development
and US Government Policy Challenges
Remarks by Bennett Freeman to the Conference on the Growing
Importance of African Oil, March 17, 2003 |
Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues
