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Do NGOs find transparency initiatives useful tools for activism around natural resources?

What is it about?

Academics and policy makers believe that transparency initiatives, such as the EITI, are useful because information disclosure empowers civil society organisations and ordinary citizens into action, but is this usually the case, and how do we investigate this claim? This paper offers a more nuanced account about the conditions that lead NGOs to either support or oppose the EITI, based on an in-depth study of Ghana

Why is it important?

The article offers a heuristic tool, based on strategic calculations, the paradox of institutional representation, and cognitive dynamics, to make sense of NGO participation and opposition to transparency initiatives. It also applies this tool to explore how different NGOs use the EITI and alternative tools to negotiate around extractive sector governance

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