Annex 4: Natural resource governance – Review of impact and effectiveness of transparency and accountability initiatives

Report breakdown

• Introduction 5
• Background: evolution of transparency and accountability initiatives in the extractives sector 6
• Theories of change: what are the expected impacts and underlying assumptions about accountability and transparency initiatives? 8
• Assessing the evidence: positive, unexpected, and inconclusive lessons on how impact takes place 9
• Existing methods to evaluate impact of transparency and accountability initiatives 10
• Factors contributing to impact 12
• Remaining knowledge gaps 14
• References and sources 15