EI Sourcebook

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Overview
The Extractive Industries Sourcebook (EI Sourcebook), started in 2010, is a World Bank funded project in collaboration with the University of Dundee, think tanks, universities, and civil society groups. It was established in parallel with the World Bank funded social network "GOXI", or Governance of the Extractive Industries (http://goxi.org) which provides a platform for those working in the field to connect and share ideas and experiences. The EI Sourcebook aims at contributing to the good management of extractive industries revenues by drawing together expertise and information from various sources into one comprehensible document outlining global best practices. It is largely aimed at senior government officials and decision makers, but will also be of use to civil society activists and journalists.

The information is split into various streams; the basic text of the Chapters, interviews with experts, "webinars", or online explanatory videos, and documents commissioned for the Source Book. In turn, the Chapter text also incorporates online slideshows and infographics from other sources, and the side toolbar highlights accompanying Resources and Teaching and Learning modules.

Access
Available directly from the website, the EI Sourcebook is frequently updated. Follow the Twitter feed for updates on new material added. Following peer review, it will be available in a downloadable pdf format.

Data Highlights
Technical terms are often explained in comprehensible terms for the non-specialist, and for those wanting to know more about a certain topic, references are listed at the bottom of each page under "Additional Reading". Handily, these references, which are often to much longer and more technical documents, are also often summarised by the authors of the EI Sourcebook (SCREENSHOT http://www.eisourcebook.org/688_8RevenueManagementandAllocation.html just of the section "Additional Reading" and the Resources Tab at the side.) The Resources Tab on the sidebar contains various source streams, all of which are divided per country and chapter-specific.



Within the chapter text are different types of media, sources of which are themselves useful knowledge bases, for example, this diagram (SCREENSHOT of the production sharing agreement diagram here, making sure the reference below is visible http://www.eisourcebook.org/683_72FiscalInstruments.html) which references an IMF publication on Production Sharing Agreements; graphs made by EI sourcebook authors from publicly available datasets, charts, and presentations from their partner organisations made available in embedded slideshows (SCREENSHOT http://www.eisourcebook.org/631_43ChallengesandSpecialIssues.html from the heading "Adam Smith International (Source Book partner) presentation" down to the bottom of the slide show, without the side toolbar).





Pop up shaded boxes highlight case studies of good practice, for example Box 6.8 which gives more information about Brazil's petroleum sector organisation (SCREENSHOT http://www.eisourcebook.org/658_64KeyInstitutionalIssues.html just of box 6.7) from the section 6.4, Key Institutional Issues. The boxes provide real-world examples of concepts covered, as well as further explanation of important issues.



Chapter 3: The Extractive Industries
...is a good introduction to governance of the oil or gas sector, including the challenges faced by those tasked with governance of the oil or gas sector (Section 3.1), an explanation of why sector governance varies so much between countries and within the different extractive industries (Section 3.2) (SCREENSHOT http://www.eisourcebook.org/622_31CommonFeatures.html just of main chapter text from heading "3.1 Common Features" down till at least a couple of paragraphs)



Chapter 5: Policy, Legal and Contractual Framework
... includes in its Resources section a vast array of model contracts and legislation organised by country. These can sometimes be difficult to gain access to, but can provide useful background to understanding governance of a specific country's oil sector. Click on the dropdown Resources menu to see oil laws and regulations, agreements and model contracts, which are constantly being added to. SCREENSHOT http://www.eisourcebook.org/642_5PolicyLegalandContractualFramework.html just of the Resources tab on the side and including the list of resources up to the bottom of the box, "Oil laws and Regs"





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