Oil, Gas and Mining research and reports

Community Consent Index
Oil, Gas and Mining Company Public Positions on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC)
From Controversy to Consensus?
Lessons learned from government and company consultations with indigenous organizations in Peru and Bolivia
The Right of Indigenous Peoples to Prior Consultation: The Situation in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
This study illustrates the barriers to exercising the right to prior consultation and consent in each of these four countries, and is intended to encourage broad debate.
People, power, and pipelines
Lessons from Peru in the governance of gas production revenues
Review of IFC Performance Standards and Sustainability Policy
Recommendations from Oxfam International
International Conference on Extractive Industries Contracts
Conference Report
Metals, mining, and sustainable development in Central America
An assessment of benefits and costs
Ghana's Big Test
Oil's challenge to democratic development
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Peru
Golden Rules
Around the world, large-scale metals mining takes an enormous toll on the health of the environment and communities. Gold mining, in particular, is one of the dirtiest industries in the world.
Dirty Metals
Mining, Communities, and the Environment
Hidden Treasure?
In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
Tarnished Legacy
A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation?
World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa
A Proposed Mine in Tambogrande, Peru: An Alternative Look
Extractive Sectors and the Poor
Digging to Development?
A Historical Look at Mining and Economic Development
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