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Hidden Giants
It’s time for more transparency in the management and governance of national oil companies
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National oil companies (NOCs) play an enormously important role in the world’s major oil-producing states. The future well-being of these nations is inextricably linked to the economic health of these companies. Yet many NOCs are economically inefficient and burdened with debt. As a group of economists from the Natural Resource Governance Institute argues, increased reporting requirements for NOCs would go a long way in making NOCs more accountable and resilient. Public policy makers and oil industry professionals will find the statistics and analysis illuminating.
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About the Authors
David Manley and David Mihalyi are senior economic analysts at the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI). Mihalyi is also a visiting fellow at the Central European University’s School of Public Policy. Patrick R.P. Heller is an adviser at NRGI and a senior visiting fellow at the Center on Law, Energy and Environment at the University of California, Berkeley.
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