Book Launch: "Implementing the EITI: Applying Early Lessons from the Field" - April 2 - 12:00 - 2:00 pm - Room J1-050

InfoShop & Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department

Invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent publication

Implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Applying Early Lessons from the Field

Begun by a group of governments, companies, and civil society groups in 2002,
the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has since become the
highest profile international standard for promoting transparency and
accountability in countries dependent on oil, gas, minerals, and metals. The
EITI has been called a ?curious coalition? by some, but it is a coalition that
is now helping to drive good governance and anticorruption programs in countries
across the world.

Implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative builds on the
lessons learned by the countries that have led the way in implementing the EITI.
The book will help those new to the initiative navigate their way through the
various steps in implementing an EITI program and will be of interest to readers
working in the areas of anticorruption; mining; oil, gas, and chemicals; and
corporate governance.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th Street, NW

*RSVP REQUIRED* Please send an email to infoshopevents@worldbank.org

CHAIR
Somit Varma
Director, Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department, World Bank
Mr. Varma came to the bank in 1992 as an Investment Officer in the Corporate
Financial Services Division. He was appointed as the Director, Oil, Gas, Mining,
and Chemicals Department in July 2007.

COMMENTARY
Sanjay Pradhan
Sector Manager, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World Bank
Mr. Sanjay Pradhan is Director, Public Sector Governance, responsible for
overseeing and supporting the Bank?s work on improving governance across
regions. He joined the Bank in 1986, and earlier served as Sector Manager for
the South Asia and ECA regions.

PANELISTS
Paulo de Sa
Manager, Oil , Gas, and Mining Division, World Bank
Mr. de Sa began working for the World Bank as an Industrial Economist in August
1984. He was appointed as the Manager of the World Bank Oil, Gas, and Mining
Policy Division in August 2007.

Eleodoro Mayorga Alba
Coordinator, Oil, Gas, and Mining Policy Division (Africa Region), World Bank
Mr. Mayorga Alba began working for the World Bank in as an Energy Economist in
August 1991. He has assisted in the implementation of the EITI in 8 countries;
currently he is the Coordinator for Extractive Industries in the Africa Region.

Anwar Ravat
EITI Program Manager, Oil, Gas, And Mining Policy Division, World Bank
Mr. Ravat began working for the World Bank in 1992. He has been Program Manager
for the EITI since 2007.

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