View source for Organization:Natural Resource Governance Institute

{{Infobox organization
| name                = Natural Resource Governance Institute
| native_name         = 
| image               = 
| image_size          = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| map                 = 
| map_size            = 
| map_alt             = 
| map_caption         = 
| map2                = 
| map2_size           = 
| map2_alt            = 
| map2_caption        = 
| abbreviation        = NRGI
| motto               = 
| predecessor         = 
| merged              = 
| successor           = 
| formation           = 2013
| founder             = 
| extinction          = <!-- e.g. use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| merger              = 
| type                = 
| tax_id              = <!-- or | vat_id = (for non-profit org) -->
| registration_id     = <!-- for non-profit org -->
| status              = 
| purpose             = 
| headquarters        = 80 Broad Street, Suite 301, New York, NY 10004
| location            = 
| coords              = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} -->
| region              = 
| services            = 
| products            = 
| methods             = 
| fields              = 
| membership          = 
| membership_year     = 
| language            = 
| owner               = <!-- or | owners = -->
| sec_gen             = 
| leader_title        = President and CEO
| leader_name         = Suneeta Kaimal
| leader_title2       = 
| leader_name2        = 
| leader_title3       = 
| leader_name3        = 
| leader_title4       = 
| leader_name4        = 
| board_of_directors  = 
| key_people          = 
| main_organ          = 
| parent_organization = 
| subsidiaries        = 
| secessions          = 
| affiliations        = 
| budget              = 
| budget_year         = 
| revenue             = 
| revenue_year        = 
| disbursements       = 
| expenses            = 
| endowment           = 
| staff               = 70+
| staff_year          = 
| volunteers          = 
| volunteers_year     = 
| slogan              = 
| mission             = 
| website             = https://resourcegovernance.org/
| remarks             = 
| formerly            = 
| footnotes           = 
}}

The '''Natural Resource Governance Institute''' (NRGI) is an independent nonprofit organisation dedicated to improving countries' [[Philosophy:Governance|governance]] over their [[Social:Natural resource|natural resource]]s (in particular [[Chemistry:Oil|oil]], [[Chemistry:Natural gas|gas]] and [[Earth:Mineral|mineral]]s) to promote sustainable and inclusive development.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us Self-description by the National Resource Governance Institute. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> The headquarters of NRGI are based in {{wipe|New York City}}.

== History ==

The Natural Resource Governance Institute was established through the merger of the Revenue Watch Institute and the Natural Resource Charter in 2013.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/what-we-do/strategic-plan Strategic Plan of the National Resource Governance Institute. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> Originally based in {{wipe|New York City}}, NRGI has opened offices in [[Place:London|London]], [[Place:Accra|Accra]], [[Place:Lima|Lima]], [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]], [[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]] and Dar Es Salaam.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/contact-us Offices of NRGI. Retrieved on February 18th, 2018.]</ref> This partly reflects its focus on Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Tanzania and Tunisia as "priority countries".<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/countries Priority countries in NRGI's work. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref>

== Organisation and Activities ==

The Natural Resource Governance Institute is led by president and CEO Suneeta Kaimal.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/leadership Leadership Team at NRGI. Retrieved January 26, 2021.]</ref> Its activities are supervised by a board of directors, with Smita Singh as interim chair.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/leadership/board Board of Directors at NRGI. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> Finally, NRGI's leadership team and its board of directors are supported by an Advisory Council co-chaired by Michael Spence and Joseph Bell.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/leadership/advisory-council Advisory Council of NRGI. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> Other prominent figures affiliated with NRGI include Paul Collier, Ernest Aryeetey, Elena Panfilova, Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, Peter Eigen, Daniel Kaufmann, Antonio La Viña, Ilgar Mammadov, José Antonio Ocampo, Anya Schiffrin, Andrés Velasco, Tony Venables and Ernesto Zedillo.

In line with its mission, NRGI supports civil society organisations, government institutions, private sector enterprises, and the media with technical advice, advocacy, applied research, policy analysis, and capacity development with regard to natural resource governance.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/about-us/what-we-do/strategic-plan Strategic Plan of the National Resource Governance Institute. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref>  Key tools developed in that context include for example the Resource Governance Index, a repository of resource contracts, and the Natural Resource Charter Benchmarking Framework.<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/analysis-tools/tools?search=&page=1 Tools developed by NRGI. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> Notably, research and resources from NRGI have been featured by international media such as ''The Atlantic'',<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/02/exxon-mobil-tillerson-state-corruption-russia-sec/515244/ Mahanta, S. (February 1st, 2017). The House Kills an Anti-Corruption Measure. ''The Atlantic''. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> ''[[Social:Financial Times|Financial Times]]''<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/9e9fc1f0-0a61-11e8-8eb7-42f857ea9f09 Shafaie, A., Okenda, J.-P., Lassourd, T. (February 6th, 2018). The Democratic Republic of Congo deserves a better mining law. ''Financial Times''. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> and ''{{wipe|Forbes}}'',<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/chynes/2017/09/28/this-yangon-tech-hub-wants-to-help-journalists-navigate-myanmars-many-data-challenges/#710de8074fe9 Hynes, C. (September 28th, 2017). This Yangon Tech Hub Is Helping Myanmar's Data Journalists With Their Reporting. ''Forbes''. Retrieved February 18th, 2018.]</ref> as well as national media in the concerned countries.

== The Natural Resource Charter ==

The Natural Resource Charter is a document aimed at providing advice and policy options with regard to the management of resource wealth in order to help resource-rich countries use their natural resources for sustainable development. NRGI promotes the implementation of the Natural Resource Charter and provides policy advice with regard to this implementation process. The Natural Resource Charter consists of the following 12 ''Precepts'', which are organised into three parts based on the chain of decisions involved in natural resource management:<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/approach/natural-resource-charter NRGI (2018). Natural Resource Charter (2nd ed.). Retrieved February 23rd, 2018.]</ref>
* Domestic foundations for resource governance
:(1) Resource management should secure the greatest benefit for citizens through an inclusive and comprehensive national strategy, clear legal framework and competent institutions.
:(2) Resource governance requires decision makers to be accountable to an informed public.
* Economic decisions required to manage resources for prosperity
:(3) The government should encourage efficient exploration and production operations, and allocate rights transparently.
:(4) Tax regimes and contractual terms should enable the government to realize the full value of its resources consistent with attracting necessary investment, and should be robust to changing circumstances.
:(5) The government should pursue opportunities for local benefits, and account for, mitigate and offset the environmental and social costs of resource extraction projects.
:(6) Nationally owned companies should be accountable, with well-defined mandates and an objective of commercial efficiency.
:(7) The government should invest revenues to achieve optimal and equitable outcomes, for current and future generations.
:(8) The government should smooth domestic spending of revenues to account for revenue volatility.
:(9) The government should use revenue as an opportunity to increase the efficiency of public spending at the national and sub-national levels.
:(10) The government should facilitate private sector investments to diversify the economy and to engage in the extractive industry.
* International foundations for resource governance
:(11) Companies should commit to the highest environmental, social and human rights standards, and to sustainable development.
:(12) Governments and international organizations should promote an upward harmonization of standards to support sustainable development.

== Resource Governance Index ==

The Resource Governance Index, developed by NRGI, measures the quality of countries' resource governance and ranks them accordingly. The index is constructed by sending a 149-item questionnaire to 150 experts in 81 countries, who research the issues raised in the questionnaire, compile documentation and complete the questionnaire. The quality of the survey data is then assessed by NRGI and enriched by further data on countries "enabling environments".<ref>[https://resourcegovernance.org/analysis-tools/publications/2017-resource-governance-index NRGI (2017). 2017 Resource Governance Index. Retrieved February 23rd, 2018.]</ref> Finally, NRGI calculates the index as a composite score out of the:
* Value realization score;
* Revenue management score;
* Enabling environment score;
with higher scores indicating a better resource governance process.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: right"
!rowspan="2"| Country/territory
!colspan="1"| Assessed sector
!colspan="1"| RGI 2017 score
!colspan="1"| RGI 2017 rank
!colspan="1"| Value realization score
!colspan="1"| Revenue management score
!colspan="1"| Enabling environment score
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Afghanistan}} || Mining || 34 || 71 || 58 || 31 || 14
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Algeria}} || Oil & gas || 33 || 73 || 40 || 25 || 35 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Angola}} || Oil & gas || 35 || 70 || 50 || 31 || 25 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Argentina}} || Oil & gas || 57 || 22 || 58 || 54 || 58
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Australia}} || Mining || 71 || 8 || 65 || 51 || 96 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan}} || Oil & gas || 47 || 47 || 49 || 43 || 49 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Bahrain}} || Oil & gas || 39 || 59 || 27 || 26 || 63 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Bangladesh}} || Oil & gas || 36 || 67 || 39 || 35 || 34 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Bolivia}} || Oil & gas || 54 || 34 || 61 || 51 || 49 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Botswana}} || Mining || 61 || 18 || 40 ||62 || 81 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} || Oil & gas || 71 || 6 || 62 || 78 || 72 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Burkina Faso}} || Mining || 59 || 20 || 66 || 54 || 57 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Cambodia}} || Mining || 30 || 79 || 31 || 18 || 40 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Cameroon}} || Oil & gas || 54 || 30 || 59 || 70 || 33 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Canada}} || Oil & gas || 75 || 4 || 69 || 59 || 97 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Chad}} || Oil & gas || 34 || 72 || 39 || 43 || 19 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Chile}} || Mining || 81 || 2 || 74 || 81 || 90 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|China}} || Oil & gas || 55 || 29 || 52 || 54 || 59 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Colombia}} || Oil & gas || 71 || 7 || 59 || 85 || 67 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Colombia}} || Mining || 69 || 10 || 59 || 82 || 67
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Congo DR}} || Mining || 33 || 75 || 52 || 35 || 12
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Congo DR}} || Oil & gas || 25 || 84 || 44 || 20 || 12   
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Congo}} || Oil & gas || 39 || 58 || 45 || 44 || 29 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Cote d'Ivoire}} || Oil & gas || 55 || 28 || 60 || 60 || 46 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Cuba}} || Oil & gas || 36 || 66 || 29 || 23 || 57 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Ecuador}} || Oil & gas || 54 || 32 || 51 || 58 || 52 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Egypt}} || Oil & gas || 39 || 60 || 45 || 30 || 41  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Equatorial Guinea}} || Oil & gas || 22 || 85 || 29 || 18 || 17 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Eritrea}} || Mining || 10 || 89 || 15 || 5 || 10 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Ethiopia}} || Mining || 40 || 57 || 46 || 38 || 37 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Gabon}} || Oil & gas || 36 || 65 || 18 || 47 || 44  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Ghana}} || Mining || 56 || 24 || 61 || 37 || 70
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Ghana}} || Oil & gas || 67 || 13 || 65 || 65 || 70   
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Guatemala}} || Mining || 41 || 56 || 42 || 35 || 46 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Guinea}} || Mining || 38 || 63 || 53 || 24 || 37 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|India}} || Oil & gas || 70 || 9 || 75 || 66 || 69 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} || Mining || 68 || 11 || 64 || 76 || 65 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} || Oil & gas || 68 || 12 || 64 || 76 || 65 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Iran}} || Oil & gas || 38 || 62 || 36 || 45 || 34 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Iraq}} || Oil & gas || 37 || 61 || 52 || 47 || 16 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Kazakhstan}} || Oil & gas || 56 || 25 || 53 || 54 || 61 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Kuwait}} || Oil & gas || 54 || 33 || 44 || 51 || 67 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan}} || Mining || 51 || 38 || 57 || 51 || 44  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Laos}} || Mining || 38 || 64 || 42 || 30 || 41  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Liberia}} || Mining || 44 || 52 || 59 || 30 || 41 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Libya}} || Oil & gas || 18 || 87 || 27 || 20 || 6 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Madagascar}} || Mining || 36 || 68 || 36 || 34 || 38 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} || Oil & gas || 56 || 27 || 49 || 41 || 77 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mali}} || Mining || 53 || 35 || 48 || 70 || 42  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mauritania}} || Mining || 29 || 82 || 41 || 10 || 36 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} || Oil & gas || 61 || 17 || 64 || 54 || 65 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} || Mining || 60 || 19 || 62 || 53 || 65 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mongolia}} || Mining || 64 || 15 || 63 || 54 || 73 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Morocco}} || Mining || 52 || 37 || 56 || 35 || 64 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Mozambique}} || Oil & gas || 50 || 41 || 66 || 42 || 43 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Myanmar}} || Oil & gas || 31 || 77 || 44 || 30 || 19 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Myanmar}} || Mining || 27 || 83 || 33 || 30 || 19 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Niger}} || Mining || 54 || 31 || 55 || 60 || 47 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Nigeria}} || Oil & gas || 42 || 55 || 50 || 44 || 31 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Norway}} || Oil & gas || 86 || 1 || 77 || 84 || 97  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Oman}} || Oil & gas || 50 || 39 || 32 || 43 || 76 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Papua New Guinea}} || Mining || 47 || 46 || 50 || 50 || 40 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Peru}} || Mining || 62 || 16 || 68 || 57 || 62 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} || Mining || 58 || 21 || 55 || 52 || 67 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Qatar}} || Oil & gas || 43 || 53 || 33 || 19 || 77 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Russia}} || Oil & gas || 45 || 50 || 47 || 40 || 47  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Saudi Arabia}} || Oil & gas || 36 || 69 || 23 || 24 || 60 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Sierra Leone}} || Mining || 46 || 49 || 62 || 35 || 40 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|South Africa}} || Mining || 57 || 23 || 50 || 40 || 80 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|South Sudan}} || Oil & gas || 32 || 76 || 42 || 47 || 5 
|- 
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Sudan}} || Oil & gas || 21 || 86 || 26 || 26 || 11 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Tanzania}} || Mining || 49 || 42 || 54 || 40 || 53 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Tanzania}} || Oil & gas || 53 || 36 || 65 || 40 || 53 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Timor-Leste}} || Oil & gas || 49 || 43 || 49 || 57 || 42 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Trinidad and Tobago}} || Oil || 64 || 14 || 64 || 57 || 71 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Tunisia}} || Oil & gas || 56 || 26 || 60 || 40 || 67 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Tunisia}} || Mining || 46 || 48 || 40 || 30 || 67  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}} || Oil & gas || 11 || 88 || 11 || 0 || 21 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Uganda}} || Oil & gas || 44 || 51 || 42 || 42 || 47 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Ukraine}} || Oil & gas || 49 || 44 || 61 || 40 || 45  
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|United Arab Emirates}} || Oil & gas || 42 || 54 || 32 || 16 || 78 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} || Oil & gas || 77 || 3 || 70 || 68 || 95 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|United States}} || Oil & gas || 74 || 5 || 66 || 63 || 93 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Uzbekistan}} || Oil & gas || 29 || 80 || 40 || 25 || 22 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Venezuela}} || Oil & gas || 33 || 74 || 48 || 34 || 17 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Vietnam}} || Oil & gas || 48 || 45 || 57 || 30 || 59 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Yemen}} || Oil & gas || 30 || 78 || 50 || 28 || 11 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Zambia}} || Mining || 50 || 40 || 58 || 35 || 59 
|-
|style="text-align: left"| {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}} || Mining || 29 || 81 || 37 || 30 || 20 
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://resourcegovernance.org/ Website of the Natural Resource Governance Institute]


[[Category:Research institutes in the United States]]

{{Sourceattribution|Natural Resource Governance Institute|1}}