ENERGY COMPANY DOCUMENTS

Shell's Position on Reporting Payments to Host Governments

Talisman Energy Reports of Payments to Host Governments
   • 2003 (PDF file)
   • 2002

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2004

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DOCUMENTS

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.
   • Azerbaijan Republic: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
   • IMF Joint Staff Assessment of the Progress Report

Azerbaijan Country Report, IMF, May 2003

IMF Azerbaijan Article IV Consultation, 2001 (PDF file)

IMF Staff Statement on the Delay in the Completion of the Fourth Review of Azerbaijan Republic's PRGF Arrangement

Fiscal Policy Formulation and Implementation in Oil-Producing Countries, An IMF publication, August, 2003

UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS

Consultations on Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Transnational Corporations
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is preparing a report on the "Responsibilities of transnational corporations and related business enterprises with regard to human rights."

UNRISD Resource Guide on Regulating Corporations (PDF file)
The new UN Research Institute for Social Development Guide, "Regulating Corporations: A Resource Guide," released July 2004, seeks to "disentangle the multifarious regulatory world that relates to transnational corporations."

United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

WORLD BANK DOCUMENTS

Extractive Industries Review
The Extractive Industries Review (EIR), launched by the World Bank Group to discuss its future role in the extractive industries with concerned stakeholders, released its final report in December 2003.
   • EIR Final Report
   • World Bank Response
   • US Dep't of Treasury Response

EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENTS

EBRD's Multistakeholder Forum Meetings Report on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, ACG Phase 1, Shah Deniz and South Caucasus Pipeline Projects

EBRD's project summary documents on State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic - South Caucasus Pipeline and State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic - Shah Deniz

AZERBIAJAN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Reports from the Azerbaijan State Program on Poverty Reduction and Economic Development

US GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Combating Multilateral Development Bank Corruption: U.S. Treasury Role and Internal Efforts
Hearing before the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 24, 2001.