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Is marine mining a commercial viability for developing countries?The green energy transition is projected to cause an increase in metal demand. Will this demand lead to the opening of deep-seabed mining?...
Climate change Mining regulations Marine resourcesWorking Paper
Fiscal dependence on extractive revenues: Measurement and conceptsThe aims of this paper are twofold...
Extractives Government revenue TaxationWebinar
Critical minerals and revenue generationUNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sixth researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Critical minerals and...
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 18th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based DevelopmentTony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which will take place online on 27-28 June 2022. This dialogue is part of the OECD...
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Ukraine: War, energy, and net zero
Just over seven months ago the United Nations convened its 26th Climate Change Conference (COP-26) in Glasgow, with the world nervously emerging from the pandemic...
Ukraine Climate change ExtractivesPresentation
Tony Addisson at the International Financial Architecture as a Global Public GoodTony Addison has been invited to speak at the International Financial Architecture as a Global Public Good — an expert roundtable in support of Our Common Agenda . The event takes place online on 28 March 2022 at 9am (EST), and it will focus...
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Incorporation of offshore shell companies as an indicator of corruption risk in the extractive industriesWe show that the incorporation of offshore entities increases when oil and gas exploration licences are awarded...
Oil Extractives Natural resourcesPolicy seminar
Tony Addison at the 17th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based DevelopmentTony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which will take place online on 14-15 December 2021. This dialogue is part of the...
Policy seminar
Tony Addison at the 16th Plenary Meeting of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Natural Resource-based DevelopmentTony Addison represents UNU-WIDER as one of the invited partner organizations and institutions in the OECD’s Policy Dialogue on Natural Resources Development , which takes place online on 30 June – 2 July 2021. This dialogue is part of...
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UNU-WIDER experts in key role in global roundtable process on extractivesOver the past eight months, various heads of state, ministers, and other stakeholders from around the world have participated in a dialogue to discuss the pressing issues and the future of the extractives sector. UNU-WIDER researchers Tony Addison...
Extractive industries Extractives United NationsPresentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 5th UN Roundtable on ExtractivesOn 15 March, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled ' Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda in...
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Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 4th UN Roundtable on ExtractivesOn 4 February, 2021, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda...
Working Paper
Are we measuring natural resource wealth correctly?: A reconceptualization of natural resource value in the era of climate changeUnderlying the management of revenues from natural resource extraction is a set of assumptions about how abundant and how valuable these resources are...
Natural resources Valuation environmental impactPresentation
Tony Addison and Alan Roe at 2nd UN Roundtable on ExtractivesOn 9 December, 2020, Tony Addison and Alan Roe , both Non-Resident Senior Research Fellows at UNU-WIDER, will be presenting at a high-level United Nations Roundtable titled " Extractive industries and sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda...
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Taxing extractive resources in the transition to a low-carbon futureThis paper explores the potential impacts of the transition to a low-carbon future for the taxation of extractive resources...
Taxation Climate change low-carbon future