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Armenia's path to beneficial ownership transparency and data use
This blog post dives into Armenia's path to beneficial ownership transparency and data use
Written by Nyasha Vera
Published: 10 November 2022
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Plans for version 0.4 of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
The Beneficial Ownership Data Standard provides guidance and a structured template for collecting, sharing and using high-quality, machine-readable data on beneficial ownership. This blog post covers future features we are working on, following the launch of version 0.3 in June 2022
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 02 November 2022
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Building technical capacity of stakeholders for beneficial ownership transparency: Lessons from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Zambia
In July 2022, Anglophone African countries implementing the Opening Extractives programme – comprising Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Zambia – convened in Accra for a three-day regional peer exchange programme
Written by Favour Ime
Published: 27 October 2022
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Who controls and benefits from companies in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Insights from the Open Government Partnership's Open Americas event in the Dominican Republic with a focus on challenges and opportunities for advancing beneficial ownership transparency in the region
Written by Agustina De Luca
Published: 21 October 2022
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IMF/WB Annual Meetings: beneficial ownership transparency high on the agenda
Transparency around who truly owns and controls companies is a crucial part of the puzzle in dealing with these complex issues, both in the shift towards clean energy and in strengthening measures against corruption, tax evasion, and more
Written by Louise Russell-Prywata , Isabelle Kermeen
Published: 14 October 2022
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Three continents, five projects, one goal: Improving extractives transparency
Using data to learn more about the real owners of extractive companies, promote good governance, and prevent corruption is at the heart of the new data use projects supported by the Opening Extractives programme
Written by Julie Rialet
Published: 29 September 2022
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The value of connecting beneficial ownership data across the European Union
This blog post describes the value of connecting beneficial ownership data across the European Union, including the need for structured and interoperable beneficial ownership data in line with an approved data standard such as the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard
Written by Stephen Abbott Pugh
Published: 27 September 2022
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