Publish What You Pay United States coalition
Saturday, September 04, 2010
- An appeal for transparency

Papers and Reports

Sign on Statements
PWYP-International Recommendations: IFC's Sustainability Policy and Performance Standards Review: Extractive Industries Revenue and Contract Transparency
 
Briefing Papers
Publish What You Pay U.S. brochure
Print out for a handy guide to Publish What You Pay United States
Factsheet on Existing Transparency Policies
A brief run-down of revenue and contract transparency policies in the international financial institutions and U.S. legislation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reports
Transparency International's Promoting Revenue Transparency Report (April 2008)
Oxfam America's No Dirty Gold report - Making the Case for Responsible Mining (Feb 2008)
Oxfam America's Report "Transparency Begins At Home"
Bank Information Center's IFI Transparency Resource
The IFI Transparency Resource is an extensive information tool on transparency at the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). This Resource has been developed to support the Global Transparency Initiative which is an informal network of civil society organizations focused on opening the IFIs and promoting higher standards in global governance.
 
This report examines current laws and practices relating to mining revenue management in Mali and presents a series of recommendations for improving transparency and information disclosure.
Global Witness Report: Time for Transparency
Revenue Transparency: A Priority for Good Governance and Energy Security Across the globe, revenues from oil, gas and mining that should be funding sustainable economic development have been misappropriated and mismanaged. This Global Witness report considers five major examples of this problem: Kazakhstan, Congo Brazzaville, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.
CRS & BIC report: Chad's Oil: Miracle or Mirage?
CRS report: Bottom of the Barrel: Africa's Oil Boom & the Poor
Gender Action report: Boom Time Blues: Big Oil's Gender Impacts in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Sakhalin
A Report by Gender Action and CEE Bankwatch Network, September 2006 Based on research and analysis by Fidanka Bacheva, Manana Kochladze and Suzanna Dennis
 
Links
Publish What You Pay International
A link to the global PWYP campaign
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative