Strengthening local governance to improve the impact of royalties

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The project addresses the need for effective public investment of royalties paid to local governments in Peru by companies in the extractive industry. It provides information, capacity-building activities, and incentives to enable civil society groups and the media to demand good governance from their authorities. The objective is to improve the impact of royalties by strengthening local governance in 21 municipalities, as measured by a 1-point increase (20 percent, on a 1–5-point scale) in the Good Governance index by June 2014. The project also expects to contribute to creation of a friendlier environment for extractive industries by increasing receptivity to them among 20 percent the population and civil society groups.