[ddj] The Power of Data to Transform Natural Resource Governance and Drive Economic Development

[Med Dhia Hammami]

The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) will host a panel event at
which experts will discuss the importance of data and how improved oil, gas
and mining governance could drive development gains.

The event will feature a variety of perspectives on the opportunities
created by (and limitations of) new and existing data about extractive
industries for improved governance and for promoting transformative
economic development. Specifically, panelists are likely to touch upon the
importance of contract disclosure and monitoring, links to revenues and
taxes paid, and how these contribute to improved understanding of public
finances and money available for public investments. There will also be
wider discussion of how financial data is a complement to, and not a
substitute for, better accountability mechanisms and improved economic
management in resource-rich countries.


*Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 9 a.m. EDTWashington, D.C.*

*The event will be webcast on this page. Check back for webcast details
: http://www.resourcegovernance.org/news/october-9-washington-power-data-transform-natural-resource-governance-and-drive-economic-develo
<http://www.resourcegovernance.org/news/october-9-washington-power-data-transform-natural-resource-governance-and-drive-economic-develo>*

The event will feature:

   - Mohammed Amin Adam, Executive Director, Africa Centre for Energy Policy
   - Judy Brown, Vice President for External Affairs, Rio Tinto
   - Ghazaal Habibyar, Director of Policy, Ministry of Mines, Islamic
   Republic of Afghanistan
   - Daniel Kaufmann, President, NRGI
   - David Kennedy, Director General for Economic Development, UK
   Department for International Development
   - Sandy Stash, Group Vice President for Safety, Sustainability and
   External Affairs, Tullow Oil
   - Hon. Kerfalla Yansané, Minister of Mines, Republic of Guinea

The panel discussion will begin promptly at 9 a.m. EDT and conclude at
10:30 a.m.
-- 
*Med Dhia Hammami*
Freelance Journalist / Independent Researcher
Tunis, Tunisia
Mobile : (+216) 24 3 57 57 3
E-mail : med.dhia.hammami at gmail.com - *med.dhia.h at journalist.com
<med.dhia.h at journalist.com>*
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