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Tarnished gold: mining and the unmet promise of development
Bretton Woods Project, 2006This report documents the gold mining activities associated with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank.DocumentEye on EITI: civil society perspectives and recommendations on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Publish What You Pay, 2006Launched in September 2002, EITI brings together representatives from governments, oil, gas, and mining companies, and civil society to address the paradox that has come to be known as the "resource curse" in which two-thirds of the world’s poorest people inhabit countries rich in natural resources.DocumentGold Rush: The impact of gold mining on poor people in Obuasi in Ghana
ActionAid International, 2006Report highlighting how poor communities in Obuasi, Ghana are suffering environmental pollution and social problems apparently as a result of gold mining activity.DocumentSupply and command
SHWE Gas Movement, 2006This paper highlights the need for democracy and justice in natural gas sector in the Arakan region of Western Burma. It focuses on the so-called Shwe project, a project led by Indian and Korean corporations in partnership with the Burmese dictatorship, which exploits gas field off the coast of the Arakan State.DocumentLiving in a material world: children and youth in alluvial diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone
Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006This report examines the living conditions of children and youth under 18 years old involved in diamond-related activities.DocumentManaging natural resource wealth
United States Institute of Peace, 2006This report analyses the particular challenges of stabilisation and reconstruction missions in countries rich in hydrocarbons and minerals and provides lessons learned from the recent experience of such countries as Iraq, Sudan, Angola, Liberia, and Afghanistan. It offers recommendations for the U.S.DocumentDigging in corruption: fraud, abuse and exploitation in Katanga's copper and cobalt mines
Global Witness, 2006This report documents how the copper and cobalt mining industry in Katanga, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), continues to be plagued by fraud, abuse and political interference.This report documents entrenched patterns of illicit exports of minerals across the DRC-Zambia border, with government and security officials either turning a blind eye to false or inaccurate export cerDocumentHuman rights training toolkit for the oil and gas industry
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation, 2006The Training Toolkit aims to raise awareness of human rights issues in the oil and gas industry. It provides managers with a template that can be used and adapted to conform to a company’s policy or position on human rights and applicable domestic laws and regulations.DocumentIndependent forest monitoring in Honduras
Global Witness, 2006This report summarises the results of a monitoring and evaluation project of Independent Forest Monitoring (IFM) in Honduras.