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• One Step Forward, One Step Back, An Overview and Analysis of the International Finance Corporation’s Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy. May 2006. (pdf file) Edited by the Halifax Initiative Coalition. This document provides an analysis of the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Sustainability Policy, Performance Standards and Disclosure Policy.

• The World Bank Group, The Extractive Industry Review (EIR) And Governance: Evaluating the Bank Group´s implementation of its commitments. January 2006. (pdf file). Author Shannon Lawrence, Environmental Defense Nikki Reisch, Bank Information Center. This paper examines the implementation of the main commitments that Bank Group management made to its Board of Directors in response to the EIR governance recommendations.
   

• Finance, Mining & Sustainability: Exploring Sound Investment Decision Processes - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), January 2002. (Adobe PDF 696KB)
  Report, drafted by UNEP, providing an overview of the UNEP, World Bank, and Mining Minerals & Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative investigating the role of financial institutions in improving the environment and social performance of the mining sector.

• The Role of Financial Institutions in Sustainable Mineral Development (Adobe PDF 3.2MB) - Andrew P Zemek, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris, France, 2002.

• Report of the Expert Meeting on Foreign Direct  Investment in Natural Resources, November 2006. UNCTAD (pdf file) The conference examined the potential economic, social and environmental impacts of TNC involvement in extractive industries and discussed various policy options to ensure development gains from such investment. Papers and Presentations   

• Treasure or Trouble? Mining in Developing Countries - The World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), 2002. (Adobe PDF 272kB)
  A response to this document has been prepared by Friends of the Earth - "Treasure or Trash?": The World Bank's Flawed Defense of Mining as a Tool for Economic Development.

• OECD Global Forum to Focus on Foreign Direct Investment and Environment - Lessons from the Mining Sector - Paris, France 7-8 February 2002.
  
  The following documents relating to the Forum are available:
  • Forum - Main Issues Paper (Adobe PDF)
  • Voluntary Approaches to Environmental Protection: Lessons from the Mining and Forestry Sectors - Neil Gunningham and Darren Sinclair (Adobe PDF)
  • Environmental Effects of Foreign Investment Versus Domestic Investment in the Mining Sector in Latin America - Nicola Borregaard and Annie Dufey (Adobe PDF)
  • Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development - OECD (Adobe PDF)
  • Environmental Impacts of Foreign Direct Investments in the Mining Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa - Colin Noy Boocock (Adobe PDF)
  • Discrimination and Non-Discrimination in Foreign Direct Investment: Mining Issues - Konrad von Moltke (Adobe PDF)
  • The Role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Mining Sector of Ghana and the Environment - George B. K. Awudi (Adobe PDF)
  • Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Mining: The Role of Reliable Environmental Frameworks and Competent Institutions - James Bond and Monika Weber-Fahr (Adobe PDF)
  • Environmental Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in the Mining Sector in Newly Independent States (Adobe PDF)
  • The Relevance of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to the Mining Sector and for the Promotion of Sustainable Development (Adobe PDF)