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Oil-to-Cash Won't Work Here! Ten Common Objections

This paper from CGD lists—and attempts to address—the most serious objections to Oil-to-Cash programs.

Backdraft: The Conflict Potential of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

This report from the Woodrow Wilson Center gathers leading environmental security experts to analyze the underexplored aspects of responding to climate change.

Special Fiscal Institutions for Resource-Rich Developing Economies

This ODI paper considers the options available for resource-rich developing economies when deciding whether to implement SFIs to manage their natural resource wealth.

The Mining Sector in Brazil: Building Institutions for Sustainable Development

This ICMM report presents the findings from a recent study, including those relating to the overall quantitative macro-economic mining activity in Brazil.

Africa Progress Report 2013: Equity in Extractives

With a strong focus on equity, this year’s report explores the potential, problems and policy options associated with natural resources by focusing on oil, gas and mining.

Large-Scale Mining in Colombia: Human Rights Violations Past, Present and Future

This latest report from the US Office on Colombia reveals shocking trends in human rights violations associated with large-scale mining throughout the country.

Governance and Livelihoods in Uganda's Oil-Rich Albertine Graben

This report from International Alert measures the degree and quality of change in the livelihoods of the communities in Uganda's Albertine Graben region, where oil exploration is taking place.

Capacity Inventory and Conflict

This report from the UN outlines a toolkit for preventing and managing conflict in resource-rich economies.

Ituri: Gold, Land, and Ethnicity in North-eastern Congo

In this report from the Rift Valley Institute, Dan Fahey sets out the background to the years of conflict in Ituri district of the north-eastern DRC.

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