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In past years Moldova has become too dependent on the money people from abroad send to the country, experts say. “It’s like living on drugs and it’s called remittances,” says economist Ionita Veaceslav, who works for a social economic think thank IDIS Viitorul in Chisinau. He expects Moldova to be […]

The European Union has adopted a “Raw Materials Initiative”. But the EU has to be careful not to undermine its own development efforts if it pushes resource-rich countries to open their economies (most parts in English, German subtitles).

Publish What You Pay (PWYP) is a global network of civil society organisations that are united in their call for oil, gas and mining revenues to form the basis for development and improve the lives of ordinary citizens in resource-rich countries. read more

Fatal Transactions is an international network of NGO’s who believe that the natural richness of Africa, be it gold, diamonds, oil or copper, can be a motor behind development and stability instead of a source of conflict. read more

All too often the discovery of oil and other natural resources leads to conflict and corruption, but Mario Sorgalla says it doesn’t have to be that way.