http://khmerian.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:22:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://khmerian.com/2009/10/refining-crude-oil-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://khmerian.com/2009/10/refining-crude-oil-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:09:37 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=781 Refining is a capital-intensive industry in a market driven by divergent forces—cleaner fuelsto address local air pollution; greater fuel efficiency against the backdrop of record oil prices; and steadily rising consumption of transportation fuels due to rising income, especially in developing countries. Part 2 of the briefing notes on refining discusses these topics and other … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/10/refining-crude-oil-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/ http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:42:22 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=541 TA dedicated website, appointment of a former Minister of Finance as the overall coordinator, a petroleum law requiring revenue disclosure, and a decree establishing a multi-stakeholder committee are some of the ways that the countries that have endorsed the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) principles are implementing EITI. This briefing note, the second in a … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/06/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-2/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:53:12 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=420 Twenty-seven countries are at various stages of implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). One of the earliest implementers, Nigeria, estimates that EITI helped increase petroleum revenues to the government by US$ 1 billion in 2004 and 2005. This note reviews the EITI implementation and related experience of some countries, focusing primarily on actions taken … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/country-experience-with-eiti-%e2%80%93-part-1/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:31:14 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=413 Many resource-rich countries have fallen prey to the natural resource curse [1]. But a handful of developing countries have managed to escape it. This note examines four resource-rich countries and the policies they have followed since the beginning of the 1970s. One, Nigeria, is a well-publicized case of oil wealth impoverishing rather than enriching the … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/avoiding-the-resource-curse/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/ http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:52:09 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=393 Founded on the belief that promoting revenue transparency in resource-rich countries is one of the fundamental building blocks for sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [1] was launched in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. EITI aims to improve governance in oil, gas, and minerals-rich … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/04/extractive-industries-transparency-initiative/feed/ 0