In just a few weeks, presidents, prime ministers and chancellors from around the world are heading to Northern Ireland for a BIG meeting: the G8 Summit on June 17-18, 2013.
They have a lot to deal with, but we’ve got to make sure two items get bumped to the top of their list: food and transparency. If they act on both of these issues, millions could escape poverty.
This is a huge opportunity. These leaders are rarely together at the same time. We only have until June 17-18, so we’ve got to act now. Add your name today.
Too many people in the world’s poorest countries don’t have access to information about what their governments do with their resources. Too often, this secrecy leads to inefficiency, unfair deals, misspent funds and money lining the pockets of the politically powerful.
Extreme poverty can be virtually eliminated by 2030, but only if the #G8 takes action NOW.
The Revenue Watch Institute today released its 2013 Resource Governance Index (RGI), which measures the transparency and accountability in oil, gas and mining sectors across 58 countries. The findings reveal that only 11 of the 58 countries assessed have satisfactory standards of transparency and accountability in oil, gas and mining. In the other 47 countries,
A few weeks ago, a few House Republicans introduced H.R. 1613, the innocuous sounding “Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement Act”. A little over four pages long, H.R. 1613 is primarily designed to provide Congressional approval to a US-Mexico Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement (TBA) signed by both governments over a year ago.
Yesterday, the President signed an Executive Order committing all federal government data to be open and accessible by default. This isn’t the first time that President Obama has signed an executive order about the importance of transparency and open government. So, what makes yesterday different? This time, we’re talking about an open data policy with
Transparency gives citizens the power to hold their leaders to account. It can help ensure development assistance is spent efficiently and effectively. It can help ensure that government spending reflects real priorities and give countries a fair deal from oil, gas and mining companies for the exploitation of their natural resources. And it can help ensure that all revenues are spent effectively, to help people to move out of poverty.
Extreme poverty can be virtually eliminated by 2030, but only if the #G8 takes action NOW.