December 13, 2017

PWYP-US Condemns Congressional Attempt to Scrap Landmark Anti-Corruption Law

Download this press release as a pdf For Immediate Release: December 13, 2017 Contact: Waseem Mardini – wmardini@pwypusa.org Office: 202-777-2934 – Mobile: 610-322-6732 PWYP-US Condemns Congressional Attempt to Scrap Landmark Anti-Corruption Law Measure Ignores the Wishes of Investors Worth Nearly $10 Trillion WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, members of the House Financial Services Committee voted to advance H.R. 4519 to repeal…

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November 2, 2017

Trump Administration Further Erodes US Leadership on Combatting Corruption

Download this press release as a pdf For Immediate Release: November 2, 2017 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – jmorgan@pwypusa.org Mobile 703-795-8542 Office 202-496-1189 Trump Administration Further Erodes US Leadership on Combatting Corruption United States Withdraws from Global Transparency Initiative Washington, D.C. – Today the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced its decision to withdraw from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative…

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October 23, 2017

Extract-A-Fact Newsletter – October 2017

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* PWYP-US Extract-A-Fact Newsletter October 2017 Why is Niger still losing out to Areva?​ In 2013, Oxfam and ROTAB, a Nigerien NGO – both members of Publish What You Pay – launched a campaign denouncing the unbalanced partnership between Areva and Niger and calling for the renegotiation of the contracts. Oxfam and ROTAB specifically pointed that Areva’s contracts included a sweetheart clause enabling Areva to…

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October 10, 2017

Department of Treasury Seeks to Undermine Congress and SEC on Oil and Mining Transparency Mandate

Read the statement in pdf For Immediate Release: October 10, 2017 Contact: Jana Morgan, Director – jmorgan@pwypusa.org Mobile: 703-795-8542 Office: 202-496-1189 Department of Treasury Seeks to Undermine Congress and SEC on Oil and Mining Transparency Mandate Publish What You Pay – United States Director, Jana Morgan’s, statement responding to the Treasury Department’s recommendation to repeal Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank…

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October 2, 2017

Extract-A-Fact: To stop losing mining revenues, dig the details

This post originally appeared on politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org on September 29, 2017 How detecting and deterring “transfer mispricing” in Zambia’s billion dollar mining sector can boost government coffers in a time of fiscal crisis. Corporate tax dodging is not a victimless act. When corporations employ aggressive means to avoid paying tax in developing countries, citizens inevitably foot the bill. Corporate tax avoidance…

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September 18, 2017

Extract-A-Fact – Why is Niger still losing out to Areva?

In 2014, Niger announced it had successfully renegotiated uranium extraction contracts with French state-owned company Areva to secure a greater share of the wealth deriving from their uranium resources. Three years later, an analysis carried out by Oxfam based on data released by Areva calls into question the benefits for Niger in the contract renegotiation.This analysis was carried out as…

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