WRI Stories Feed: Governance & Access

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

Catherine Easton — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:18:33 -0400

Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, took a significant step toward promoting transparency and reducing global poverty. He…

China Invests Billions in International Renewable Energy Projects

Yingzhen Zhao — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:38:58 -0400

It’s well-known that China ranks first in the world in attracting clean energy investment, receiving US$ 65.1 billion in 2012. But…

The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Linking Sustainability and Poverty Eradication

Manish Bapna — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:53:00 -0400

The High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda provided a welcome injection of energy and ambition into the future of development with its final report…

Improving Freedom of Information in Uganda

Catherine Easton — Fri, 31 May 2013 10:23:26 -0400

Harriet Bibangambah, a Research Officer at Greenwatch Uganda, also contributed to this post.

Uganda is one of only 10 African countries with a national…

4 Issues to Watch: Recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Manish Bapna — Wed, 29 May 2013 09:49:10 -0400

Following an extensive global consultation process, the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda will present its final report to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this week. Led by the heads…

Strengthening Ownership and Effectiveness of Climate Finance

Milap Patel — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:43:20 -0400

The Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), one of the world’s largest dedicated funding facilities for climate change mitigation/adaptation projects,…

Emerging REDD+ Programs Need Additional Emphasis on Land Tenure

Lauren Goers Williams — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:23:32 -0400

Since 2009, more than 30 countries have submitted proposals for REDD+ readiness grants to start addressing the…

New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

Carole Excell — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:15 -0400

Increased industrialization in Asia has created countless hurdles for communities to protect themselves from pollution. Important government information—such as the amount of pollutants being discharged by nearby factories or results from local…

How Are China’s Overseas Investments Affecting the Environment?

Denise Leung — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:13:04 -0400

Chinese overseas investments are rapidly increasing. As of 2011, China’s outward foreign direct investments (OFDI) spread across 132 countries and regions…

The End of Poverty? The World Bank and the Shared Prosperity Agenda

Milap Patel — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:09:11 -0400

Within our lifetimes, the world could be free of widespread, extreme poverty, replaced instead with shared prosperity and environmental and fiscal balance. That was the vision World Bank President Jim Yong Kim outlined at his first…