Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161614 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/51
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Civil society organizations have played various roles in promoting the capture of benefits from and protection against the negative impacts of extractive industries. Payment disclosure is one potentially powerful tool for such organizations to promote greater local benefit capture. Practitioners and academics have noted, however, that transparency alone does not equate to accountability. This is true in the extractive sectors, where political dynamics pose serious obstacles. The cases of Ghana and Peru provide examples of these dynamics. Strategies for overcoming them include strengthening the technical capacity of civil society organizations, providing civic education, targeting interventions better, and learning more deeply from positive examples.
Subjects: 
extractive industries
transparency
accountability
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
civil society
Ghana
Peru
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ISBN: 
978-92-9256-275-5
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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