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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 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 supports initiatives focusing on transparency and public accountability in regards to natural resource revenues. more

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Publications & Articles

IRW Briefing: Audits Find More Irregularities and Mismanagement of Iraq's Revenues
December 7, 2004
OSI's Iraq Revenue Watch reviews irregularities in the occupation authority's management of Iraqi revenues. more

Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues
November 17, 2004
Based on a workshop co-organized by OSI's Revenue Watch program, this guide provides practical information on how citizens of resource-rich countries can become effective monitors of government earnings and expenditures. more

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

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