Over the last five years, a growing global movement has made considerable efforts to address key issues related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in various industries. Historically, ESG...
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Bribes make bad business
Africa: corruption The tide of corruption that has swept the continent may be ebbing as governments and Africans are investing more in their own countries By Dianna Games The issue of corruption does not often make the...
Looking forward: the future of mining in Africa
Where a mine owner is accountable to all three main stakeholders – the host country’s government, its people and civil society, and its own shareholders – who owns it is relatively less important I often find myself...
Taxes and more taxes
Sub-Saharan governments are making easy money from selling exploration licences For decades, scholars have searched for explanations why mineral-rich sub-Saharan Africa performs poorly on most social and economic...
