Big transparency wins for Ghana
http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/index.php/2011/05/09/big-transparency-wins-for-ghana/
Many resource-rich countries are notorious for secrecy, corruption and mismanagement of billions in revenues from oil, gas and mining operations. Ghana has long been a gold producer – and a donor darling for its recent track record of good governance – and in December became Africa’s newest oil producer. There are some encouraging signs that Ghana is building in transparency and accountability measures into the legal framework for managing its oil boom – and some more work to be done.
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