Article on the opacity of FONDEN by Reuters

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Year 2012
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Open data, Revenue management, Sovereign wealth funds
Document Type Newspaper Article
RGI Sub-component Sovereign wealth funds
RGI Questions 2.3b: If there are multiple natural resource funds, which is the largest?,
2.3.4d: From 2015 onwards, have withdrawals and spending from the sovereign wealth fund actually passed through the national budget?,
2.3.6c: From 2015 onwards, has the legislature reviewed the sovereign wealth fund's annual financial reports?
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Are the RGI questions here tagged with law and/or practice Practice
Publisher Reuters
Author Brian Ellsworth
Source or API link http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-chavez-fund-idUSBRE88P0N020120926
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute