Khmer News in Cambodia

A consultative meeting between civil society organizations and Ministry of Interior (MoI) on draft of 10-Year National Program for Sub-National Democratic Development (NP-SNDD) was held on September 2, 2009 in Phnom Penh. The meeting was hosted by Commune Council Support Project (CCSP) and facilitated by NGO Liaison Office (NLO). Altogether 50 participants representing CSOs, development [...]

Twenty-seven countries are at various stages of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One of the earliest implementers, Nigeria, estimates that EITI helped increase petroleum revenues to the government by US$ 1 billion in 2004 and 2005. This note reviews the EITI implementation and related experience of some countries, focusing primarily on actions taken [...]

Founded on the belief that promoting revenue transparency in resource-rich countries is one of the fundamental building blocks for sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [1] was launched in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. EITI aims to improve governance in oil, gas, and minerals-rich [...]