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Oil, Gas, and Mining Unit

Our objective is to facilitate the extractive industries’ contribution to poverty alleviation and economic growth through the promotion of good governance and sustainable development. 
 

We are the World Bank´s global sector unit on extractive industries working on issues of governance and sustainable natural resource management across the main regions of the world. As the Sustainable Energy, Oil, Gas, and Mining unit (SEGOM), we are part of the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Network.

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We provide support to countries throughout the entire “resource cycle”—from awarding contracts to monitoring operations, to collecting taxes, to spending resources effectively for sustainable growth and poverty reduction.


From loans to technical assistance, to policy dialogue and analytical work, we lead a work program with multiple sector activities in more than 70 countries, of which almost half are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Mining, Oil and Gas Riches: From Elite Plunder to Development Promise

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The world’s early empires were driven by the search for precious metals, and built on the bounty they provided. Later ones were — and still are — often founded upon oil wealth.

Among commodities, the extractive industries hold the commanding heights, with the most sustained demand propelling the highest prices, and the richest rents. More...

Featured Publications 
October 2011Implementing EITI at the Subnational Level   by Javier Aguilar,Georg Caspary and Verena Seiler Extractive Industries for Development Series #23
September 2011Mineral Resource Tenders and Mining Infrastructure Projects Guiding Principles  by Michael Stanley and Ekaterina Mikhaylova Extractive Industries for Development Series #22
July 2011Who Uses Bottled Gas? Evidence from Households in Developing Countries,World Bank Working Paper #5731
July 2011National Oil Companies and Value Creation by Silvana Tordo with Brandon Tracy and Noora Arfaa, World Bank Working Paper #218
June 2011Sharing Mining Benefits in Developing Countries: The Experience with Foundations, Trusts, and Funds by Elizabeth Wall and Remi Pelon, Extractive Industries for Development Series #21
May 2011

Overview of State Ownership in the Global Minerals Industry: Long Term Trends and Future by the Raw Materials Group
Appendix 3 : Appendix 4 Extractive Industries for Development Series #20

November 2010The World Bank’s Evolutionary Approach to Mining Sector Reform by Gary McMahon, Extractive Industries for Development Series #19

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Last updated: 2012-01-12




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