2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI) The 2017 Resource Governance Index Natural Resource Governance Institute Dana Wilkins September 27, 2017
Outline The Resource Governance Index The Charter Benchmarking Framework Other offerings
The RGI’s Purpose Resource governance across the decision chain Objectives: greater awareness of challenges more informed dialogue better policy choices
The RGI’s Coverage 89 assessments, 81 countries Bespoke questionnaire 47 oil and gas 26 mining Bespoke questionnaire 150 consultants 10,000+ documents Complex scoring structure
The RGI’s General Findings
The RGI’s General Findings
The RGI’s General Findings
The RGI’s Subcomponent Findings SOE average scores of country groupings Top 10 SOE ranking # Assessments Average OECD 3 81 Western Europe 1 80 Latin America and the Caribbean 10 68 OGP 23 64 Asia Pacific 12 58 WB High income 9 54 EITI 34 52 WB Middle income 51 IMF Non-resource-rich 21 Eurasia 8 Oil and gas 50 All assessments 74 49 IMF Resource-rich 46 48 IMF Prospective resource-rich 7 45 Mining 22 OPEC 14 Middle East and North Africa 16 44 Africa 40 Sub-Saharan Africa 27 39 WB Low income North America . Rank / 74 Score 1 Chile 90 2 India 87 3 Argentina 83 4 Norway 80 5 Morocco 79 6 Indonesia (mining) 78 7 Ukraine 76 8 Ghana (oil and gas) 75 9 Trinidad and Tobago 10 Mexico (oil and gas) 74
The RGI’s Subcomponent Findings SWF average scores of country groupings Top 10 SWF ranking # Assessments Average Western Europe 1 90 North America 88 IMF Non-resource-rich 6 75 OECD 5 IMF Prospective resource-rich 3 73 Latin America and the Caribbean 7 72 Mining 71 OGP 13 70 EITI 12 66 Asia Pacific 64 WB High income 11 53 Eurasia 4 50 All assessments 34 49 WB Middle income 21 48 Oil and gas 28 44 IMF Resource-rich 25 39 Middle East and North Africa 9 Sub-Saharan Africa 31 Africa 30 WB Low income 2 26 OPEC Rank / 34 Score =1 Colombia (mining) 100 Colombia (oil and gas) 3 Ghana (oil and gas) 93 4 Chile 92 5 Norway 90 6 Timor-Leste 88 7 Canada (Alberta) 8 Trinidad and Tobago 74 9 Iran 70 10 Peru 69 11 Kazakhstan 67
The RGI’s Country Findings
The RGI’s Country Findings
The Charter Benchmarking Framework The Natural Resource Charter Multilevel assessment framework Informed by actual benchmarking experience
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