IMF Fiscal Rules Dataset IMF Fiscal Transparency Site International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds Natural Resource Charter Oxford Center for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies (OxCarre) Oxford Sovereign Wealth Fund Project NRGI Resource Governance Index (2013) Tufts University Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative   Comprehensive Legislation, Regulation and Reports from Selected Countries Alaska (USA)… read more

Asset Allocation: A long-term investor’s target percentage allotment between different asset classes, namely cash, fixed income assets (e.g., bonds), equities (e.g., corporate stocks) and alternative assets (e.g., real estate; derivatives). Each asset class has a different risk-return and liquidity profile. Budget stabilization: Mitigation of government expenditure volatility by either saving revenues in a fund or paying down… read more

Given their collective size – approximately $3.5 trillion in assets as of end-2013 and growing – and concerns about the motivations of their government owners, much has been written on natural resource funds (NRFs), their investments and global influence. However their impacts on governance and public financial accountability at home have received far less attention…. read more

The initial phase of the Leveraging Mining-Related Infrastructure Investments for Development project consisted of a worldwide survey of case studies on rail, port and power infrastructure. A first working paper delivers the findings for mineral railways and ports, a second working paper on power infrastructure and a third working paper on water infrastructure. A final working paper on internet and telecommunications will be published shortly.

Date: April 8, 2014 10:30am–12:00pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Annex

CCSI has released a Framework to Approach Shared-Use of Mining Related Infrastructure and the associated detailed case studies from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mozambique.

(2013). In December 2013, a diverse group of 14 experts from Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Europe worked together for five days to produce a user-friendly guide in English and in French on “Mining Contracts: How to Read and Understand Them,” to help policy makers, civil society, citizens, and the media understand the… read more

The Report on Leveraging Paraguay’s Hydropower for Sustainable Economic Development outlines the current challenges faced by the electricity sector and recommends how these could be addressed; provides suggestions for how Paraguay could use its excess electricity to diversify its economy and reduce its fossil fuel dependency; and analyzes past revenue streams from electricity exports, suggests ways to maximizing future export revenues and provides management system tools that could be considered to allocate these revenues efficiently in the future.

The VCC completed a study of select fiscal reforms in the mineral and hydrocarbon sectors in both developed and developing countries, evaluating the impact of reforms on a country’s attractiveness for investment in the resource sectors.

CCSI has produced a report that makes recommendations as to how the Government of Guinea, mining companies, civil society and communities can work together to maximize the benefits of local development funding in the Guinean context.