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Oil and gas companies and the management of social and environmental impacts and issuesPart of Book Extractive Industries
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Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governancePart of Book Extractive Industries
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Tanzania—from mining to oil and gasThis paper extends UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2016/79, which examined the economic situation in Tanzania during the resurgence of gold and diamond production after 1999, with the situation that emerged as the country began to exploit its very large...
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Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countriesPart of Book Extractive Industries
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The energy transition in AsiaThis paper provides an overview of the energy transition in Asia. It sets out the underlying drivers and how these set energy transition priorities in China, India, and South East Asia. It particularly describes the role of (liquefied) natural gas in...
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Capturing economic and social value from hydrocarbon gas flaring and venting: evaluation of the issuesAtmospheric emissions urgently need to reduce for natural gas to fulfill its potential role in the energy transition to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change. This paper establishes the magnitude and trends of flaring and venting in oil and...
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Capturing economic and social value from hydrocarbon gas flaring and venting: solutions and actionsThis second paper on hydrocarbon gas flaring and venting builds on our first, which evaluated the economic and social cost (SCAR) of wasted natural gas. These emissions must be reduced urgently for natural gas to meet its potential as an energy...
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The energy transition in AsiaThis study provides an overview of the use of natural gas and liquefied natural gas in Asia, both historic, current, and with an outlook for the future. Traditionally, Asia has been a strong liquefied natural gas producing region as well as the...
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The curse of the one-size-fits-all fixIn 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. Just as ‘the resource curse’ fails as a generic explanation on account...
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Oil and gas companies and the management of social and environmental impacts and issuesThis paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry. It outlines the evolution of international oil companies’ approaches over the last 20 years, reviews what social and environmental...
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Donor-supported approaches to improving extractives governanceDonor interest in the extractives sector is based upon the premise that it represents an opportunity to improve a country’s development prospects. However, in many cases the presence of extractive resources is associated with poor economic...
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Dependence on extractive industries in lower-income countriesThis paper synthesizes statistical information evidencing the proposition that extractive industries are of great significance in many low- and middle-income developing economies. It examines the scale of the current dependence of low- and middle...
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