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Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department
Invite you to a panel discussion featuring a recent publication
Implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative
(Embedded Applying Early Lessons from the Field
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to file: Begun by a group of governments, companies, and
pic30300.jpg) 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
For non Bank staff, please RSVP to infoshopevents@worldbank.org
CHAIR
Somit Varma
Director, Oil, Gas, Mining, and Chemicals Department, World Bank
Mr. Varma joined the World Bank Group in 1992 as an Investment
Officer in the Corporate Finance Services Division.
He was appointed Director of the joint WB/IFC Oil, Gas, Mining, and
Chemicals Department in July 2007.
PANELISTS
Paulo de Sa
Manager, Oil , Gas, and Mining Policy Division, World Bank
Mr. de Sa has worked for the World Bank for 14 years in several
areas like industrial restructuring, financial services and mining
sector policy advice. As Manager of the Oil, Gas and Mining Policy
Division (COCPO) he coordinates the Bank?s extractive industries
related activities in more than 50 countries.
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.
COMMENTARY
Sanjay Pradhan
Sector Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management, World
Bank
Mr. 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.
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Paulo de Sa
Manager
Oil, Gas and Mining Policy Division
Telephone No. 202-473-4241
Fax No. 202-522-0396
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