March 3, 2011
Transparency Counts. That is the title of the 5th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference held on March 2-3 in Paris, where leaders from governments, companies and civil society organizations convened to take stock of progress made in various countries, and to shape the future agenda of the EITI so this process can count even more.
Approximately 3.5 billion people live in countries rich in oil, gas, and minerals, but many of them suffer from poverty, corruption, and conflict stemming from weak governance. Over the past decade, however, this picture has been changing in some of these countries.
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