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Who are the real winners of Myanmar's latest Oil and Gas Block sales?
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Global Witness
2014
In October 2013 and March 2014, Myanmar awarded 36 major oil and gas blocks to 47 international and local companies. Global Witness has contacted each of these winning companies...
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Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative 2017
Myanmar
Archived web content
Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative
2017
Myanmar's natural resources include oil and gas, minerals and gems. The extractive sector accounted for 6% of GDP, 23.6% of State revenue and 38.5% of exports in 2013. It has pr...
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Lords of Jade
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Global Witness
2015
Myanmar’s jade business may be the biggest natural resource heist in modern history. The sums of money involved are almost incomprehensibly high and the levels of accountability...
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Jade: Myanmar's "Big State Secret"
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Global Witness
2015
Drawing on over a year of investigations, this report shows for the first time how a multi-billion dollar trade in one of the planet’s most precious gemstones is tightly control...
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EITI Report for the Period April 2013-March 2014 Oil, Gas and Mining Sectors
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Moore Stephens LLP
2015
This report summarises information about the reconciliation of fiscal and non-fiscal revenues from the extractive sector in Myanmar as part of the implementation of the Extracti...
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Tin mining in Myanmar: Production and potential
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Gardiner, Nicholas, Skyes, John; Robb, Laurence; Trench, Allan
2015
In 2014, Myanmar (Burma) confounded industry analysts by emerging to become the World's third biggest tin producer, experiencing a 5-year tin production increase of ca. 4900%. T...
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Myanmar: unlocking the potential
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank ADB
2014
The Asian Development Bank's country diagnostic study on Myanmar's economic development, published the Asian Development Bank, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 2014.
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Myanmar EITI Factsheet
Myanmar
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives
2014
This factsheet contained information on Myanmar EITI sector
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Jade A Global Witness investigation into Myanmar's "Big State Secret"
Myanmar
Archived web content
Global Witness
2015
The most valuable jade in the world is found in the Kachin hills of northern Myanmar. This 12 month investigation reveals it is worth far more than previously thought - up to U...
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Myanmar and the Natural Resource Charter: 28 Priority Issues for the Extractive Industry
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
2016
The Myanmar EITI process provides the first multi-stakeholder forum for discussion of the extractives industries and its impacts within the country. Under the coordination of th...
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World Mining Data 2017
Myanmar
Advocacy and promotional materials
Data taken from the World Mining Congress on production and value of minerals mined in the Lower Mekong in 2014. Compiled for an interactive visualization used on the OD Mekong ...
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Overlooked and Undermined: Communities Affected by Jade Mining Operations in Myanmar, and the Responsibilities of Companies Providing Machinery
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Swedwatch and Church of Sweden
2018
Since early 2000s, the dramatically increased use of heavy mining machinery in Myanmar has enabled the extraction of minerals at an unprecedented speed. Impacts on local communi...
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Promoting Transparency and Monitoring of Contracts
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
2014
Members of parliament play a key role in monitoring the implementation of oil, gas, and mineral contracts. Public disclosure of such contracts is a critical prerequisite for p...
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Small-scale gold mining in Cambodia: A situation assessment
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sieng, Sotham, Middleton, Carl
2004
This report documents the current situation of the gold mining sector in Cambodia based on the results of a survey conducted by the Department of Geology in four gold mining are...
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Glossary of Terms Used in the Extractive Industries
Cambodia
Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Development and Partnership in Action (DPA)
2011
This Extractive Industry (EI) glossary is the first document of its kind which is prepared and published in Khmer and English. It is intended to assist the EISEI network member...
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Extractive Industries newsletter
Cambodia
Advocacy and promotional materials
Sopheap, Vong, Cambodians for Resource Revenue Transparency,...
2013
This newsletter was developed to share concerns in oil production in Cambodia for 2016. Those concerns are the impact of economic revenue and corruption. In addition, it showed ...
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Country for sale: How Cambodia's elite has captured the country's extractive industries
Cambodia
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Global Witness
2009
Cambodia today is a country for sale. After logging much of the country’s forest resources, Cambodia’s elite have diversified their commercial interests to encompass other forms...
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Company profile: Se Oul Digem (Cambodia) Co., Ltd
Cambodia
Archived web content
Ministry of Commerce
2016
This screenshot document is about a brief information of Se Oul Digem (Cambodia) Co., Ltd, registered in the Ministry of Commerce. The information includes the company's objecti...
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Protected Area Governance and Equitable Access in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Miles Kenney-Lazar
2016
This report provides eight recommendations for implementing the concept of equitable access in the governance of protected areas, particularly in the Lao PDR. First, formalize a...
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Rethinking investments in natural resources: China's emerging role in the Mekong region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeff Rutherford, Kate Lazarus and Shawn Kelley
2008
This scoping study is part of a research project entitled Understanding China as an Actor in the Mekong Region, jointly implemented by the Heinrich Böll ...