The document discusses the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which aims to address the "resource curse" that many resource-rich developing countries face. It provides the background and origins of EITI, how EITI works by requiring transparency in company payments and government revenues from oil, gas and mining, and emerging results from EITI implementation in countries like Nigeria and Ghana. Key lessons are that high-level government commitment is critical to success, and that EITI is beginning to show results but also has limitations and could be expanded to address broader extractive industry governance issues.