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Climate change and the extractives sectorThe extractives industries must adjust their operations to shifting patterns of demand for oil, natural gas, and coal together with metals and minerals – as policies and new technologies encourage progress along low-carbon pathways in energy, t...
Extractives Oil Natural gasWorking Paper
Oil discovery and macroeconomic management: The recent Ghanaian experienceThis paper analyses the evolution of fiscal and monetary variables in Ghana, from the discovery of oil in 2007 through to 2014...
Ghana Macroeconomic policy OilWorking Paper
Enhancing sustainable development from oil, gas, and mining: From an ‘all of government’ approach to Partnerships for DevelopmentThis paper outlines how sustainable development in resource-rich countries requires an ‘all of government’ approach as well as multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships between government, companies, and civil society organizations...
Oil Mining Partnerships for DevelopmentResearch Brief
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Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countries: The statistical tendenciesThis paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies...
Development Oil GasWorking Paper
Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governance: Lessons from Nigeria and GhanaDonor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects...
Oil Gas Natural resourcesWorking Paper
Oil and gas companies and the management of social and environmental impacts and issues: The evolution of the industry’s approachThis paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry...
Social performance Social investment Corporate social responsibilityWorking Paper
The curse of the one-size-fits-all fix: Re-evaluating what we know about extractives and economic developmentIn the context of falls in extractive commodities prices since 2011, this paper examines the history of thinking about the interplay between extractives and economic development...
Development Oil GasWorking Paper
Natural resources' impact on government revenuesMotivated by the fact that the taxation of natural resources is both crucial and particularly challenging for developing countries, this paper draws on a unique dataset to produce empirical evidence on two issues pertaining to the fiscal impact of oi...
Taxation Oil Natural resourcesWorking Paper
The role of oil and gas in the development of the global economyThis paper is concerned with the role of oil and gas in the development of the global economy...
Oil Natural gas Energy policy