Africa and the Middle East

This post originally appeared on the Natural Resource Governance Institute blog. For years, Tunisia’s extractives sector was viewed with skepticism. Information on reserves, the rights allocation, resource revenues and their management was particularly scarce. But during the last two years,…

English Version » Cuando me enteré que un equipo de OGP planeaba hacer una visita a Nigeria, el 70º país en incorporarse a la Alianza, me ofrecí a participar. En 2006 participé en un ejercicio de planeación de escenarios con…

English Version » El hecho que Nigeria está enfrentando retos económicos muy serios no es noticia. Lo que muchas personas no saben es que la actual recesión representa una oportunidad importante para que el país inicie su proceso de gobernanza…

Version en español » That Nigeria is going through serious economic challenges right now is not news. What many may not realize is that the current recession represents an important opportunity for the country to do a hard reset on…

Version en español » When I heard that an OGP team was planning a visit to Nigeria, the 70th country to join the Partnership, I volunteered to join. You see, I am slightly addicted to Nigeria. In 2006, I took…

For the first time in the history of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative, a high-powered delegation came to oversee the developmental stages of Nigeria’s National Action Plan. This momentous occasion occurred on October 23, when OGP CEO Sanjay Pradhan…