Applying Early Lessons from the Field World Bank creator World Bank text Washington, D.C The World Bank 2008 monographic 1 online resource (105 p.) The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was established as a global initiative in 2002. The EITI has since become the highest profile international standard for promoting transparency and accountability in countries dependent on oil, gas, minerals, and metals. As it is built around cooperation among governments, companies, and civil society organizations, the EITI has been called a (3)4z(Bcurious coalition(3)4y (Bby some. However, this coalition now helps drive transparency in revenues and payments in resource-rich countries across the world as part of their good governance programs. Banks and Banking Reform Corporate Law Finance and Financial Sector Development Financial Literacy Governance Law and Development Mining and Extractive Industry National Governance Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures 338 WOR 2008 A011 Or. 0821375016 9780821375020 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821375013 http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821375013