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EurasiaNet
EurasiaNet is a website operated by the Central Eurasia Project that provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.  more

Revenue Watch
The Revenue Watch policy program aims to improve fiscal accountability in countries with abundant natural resources through research, information dissemination, and advocacy. more

Turkmenistan Project
The Turkmenistan Project promotes civil society in Turkmenistan through grantmaking and programmatic activities in areas ranging from arts and culture, access to information, and public health.  more

Focus Areas

Human Rights
The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) supports grassroots organizations that develop or sustain innovative approaches to protecting human rights throughout the region, upholding the rights of labor migrants, and combating torture.  more

Transparency
The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) supports initiatives focusing on transparency and public accountability in regards to natural resource revenues. more

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News and Announcements

Revenue Watch to Publish Books on Natural Resource Revenues Management
September 21, 2004
Three books addressing the management of oil, gas, and mining revenues in natural resource-rich countries will be published and available free of charge in the coming year by OSI's Revenue Watch policy program more

Publications & Articles

Disorder, Negligence and Mismanagement
October 1, 2004
Recent audits expose serious failures in American oversight of Iraq's revenues and U.S. reconstruction funds, according to a report by OSI's Iraq Revenue Watch project.  more

IRW Briefing: Auditors Find Poor Practices in Management of Iraqi Oil Revenues
June 24, 2004
OSI's Iraq Revenue Watch program calls attention to preliminary findings from an audit of Iraq's oil revenues indicating that the Coalition Provisional Authority provided a poor example to its successors of how to manage the revenue transparently.  more

IRW Briefing: Iraqi Fire Sale
June 16, 2004
An examination and critique of recent resource outlays by the Coalition Provisional Agency—budgetary decisions that should be made by the interim Iraqi government after the June 30 transfer of power. more

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