Evaluation of the World Bank Group's Activities in the Extractive Industries : Factoring in Governance

This paper examines the links between governance and the Extractive Industries sector, and considers the implications of those links for the work of the World Bank. This evaluation takes place on the heels of important complementary World Bank initiatives, upon which it draws. The Bank has pioneered a research initiative into the economics of civil war crime and violence, which considered inter alia the effects of natural resource endowments. A task force has examined the special problems of Low Income Countries Under Stress. There is overlap between this group of countries and the group of resource-rich Bank borrowers. And the Bank has done substantial research linking governance to development outcomes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Thomas, M.A.
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2004-09-01
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, AGGREGATING GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, AID DEPENDENCE, AID EFFECTIVENESS, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, AUDITS, AUTHORITARIANISM, BEST PRACTICE, BRIBE, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUDGET · TRANSPARENCY, BUREAUCRACY, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL WAR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONFIDENCE, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, CONSTITUENCY, CONTROLLING CORRUPTION, CORRUPT, CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION CONTROL, CORRUPTION INDICATOR, CORRUPTION ISSUES, CRIME, DECISION MAKING, DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, DECISION-MAKING, DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, DEMOCRACY, DEMONSTRATION EFFECTS, DIRECT INVESTMENT, DISCOUNT RATES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC EFFECTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMICS, ECONOMISTS, EFFECTIVE USE, EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, ENVIRONMENTS, EXPENDITURES, EXPLOITATION, FACTORING, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FISCAL POLICY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES, GOVERNANCE CONSTRAINTS, GOVERNANCE ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNANCE INDICATORS, GOVERNANCE ISSUES, GOVERNANCE PROBLEMS, GOVERNANCE QUALITY, GOVERNANCE REFORMS, GOVERNANCE RESEARCH, GOVERNANCE RESEARCH INDICATOR, GOVERNANCE RESEARCH INDICATORS, GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP, GOVERNMENT REVENUE, GOVERNMENT REVENUES, GROWTH RATE, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFORMAL SECTOR, INITIATIVE, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS, INSURANCE, INTEGRITY, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, LAWS, LEGISLATION, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOCAL LAWS, LOW INCOME COUNTRIES, LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES, METALS, MINES, MINISTER, NATIONS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OIL, OIL SECTOR, PATRONAGE, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL INTERFERENCE, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL POWER, POLITICAL RISK, POLITICAL STABILITY, POLLUTION, POOR GOVERNANCE, POOR MANAGEMENT, POOR PERFORMANCE, PRESENT VALUE, PRIME MINISTER, PRIVATE GOODS, PRIVATIZATION, PRIVATIZATION OF STATE, PROCUREMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, PUBLIC CONTRACTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY QUALITY, REHABILITATION, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RESOURCE CURSE, RESOURCE GENERATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, REVENUE COLLECTION, RISK FACTORS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RULE OF LAW, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION, TAX REGULATIONS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, TRANSPARENCY, VESTED INTERESTS, VIOLENCE, WORLD POLITICS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/19574658/evaluation-world-bank-groups-activities-extractive-industries-background-paper-factoring-governance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19059
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