Tag Archives | Oil

Lights, camera – was there G20 action?

25 September 2013 in Anti-corruption Conventions, Civil society, European Union, Events, Forestry, G20, Impunity

So now that the G20 dust has settled and the media circus has dispersed, did the representatives of two-thirds of the global population make any meaningful decisions in St Petersburg? The final St Petersburg G20 Leaders Declaration has 11 paragraphs devoted to corruption efforts. This greater visibility is welcome progress from the two sentences included […]

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Ending corruption in Nigeria: Every help is needed

11 April 2013 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development

Abuja, the capital of the oil rich nation Nigeria, a “planned city” built in the 1980s, is one of the wealthiest and most expensive capitals in Africa. Very few Nigerians can afford living there. Shanty towns with mass poverty, high unemployment, and poor sanitation is a much more common environment for the vast majority of […]

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Civil Society in Libya – between high hopes and frustration

2 July 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Anti-corruption movement, People power

Sixteen months after the February 17th revolution the country is preparing for its next historical step: The upcoming elections for a new parliament! Although they have just been postponed from June 19th to take place on July 7th 2012, these elections will be the first free elections for the people of Libya after the 42 […]

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Nigerian oil in turmoil

24 May 2012 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and development, Private sector

The removal of fuel subsidies in Nigeria has hit the poorest sections of society hardest. Amid huge protests, the government has used corruption and smuggling in the oil industry to justify its actions. There are other ways to tackle oil industry corruption that do not have such unfortunate side effects. 2012 kicked off with the […]

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Will the EU deliver transparency in the oil and gas sector?

24 October 2011 in European Union, Private sector

Tomorrow, European Commissioners decide the final text of proposals to make it mandatory for oil, gas and mining companies listed in the EU to disclose payments to governments. Carl Dolan, policy officer for Transparency International in Brussels, calls for more pressure on Brussels to deliver strong measures. There is a depressing correlation between natural resource […]

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Libya: will this be the next Iraq?

14 September 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Oil and gas, People power, Private sector

Antonia Bosanquet, Transparency International’s Arab media specialist, looks at Libya’s future as seen by Arab-language online media. It’s over and the end was cleaner than any of the NATO allies dared to hope; instead of the “grubby compromise” between rebels and Ghaddafi loyalists that was predicted by analysts, the rebels surprised the world by storming […]

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Looking to a new Libya

31 August 2011 in Accountability, Africa and Middle East, G20, Oil and gas, People power, Politics and government, Private sector

As Transparency International asks the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group to prioritise anti-bribery laws, asset recovery and money laundering ahead of the Cannes G20 Summit, Transparency International’s Group Director for Research & Knowledge Robin Hodess reflects on relevance of the disastrous and destabilising impacts the failure to address corruption has had in Arab Spring countries such […]

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Oil wealth and revolution

1 March 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Climate Change, Financial Markets, G20, Private sector

Today Transparency International publishes its report on the transparency of oil and gas companies. The report shows that the majority of companies do not reveal payments to governments in countries where the extract oil and gas. A good example for what this means in practice is Libya: A quarter of the country’s economy come from […]

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Extractive Industries: The challenge of disclosing where the money goes

28 April 2010 in Africa and Middle East, Events

From April 15-16, 2010 the board of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative met in Berlin. Eduardo Bohorquez, head of the Mexican TI chapter and board member of the EITI, as well as François Valérian, head of Private Sector Programmes for Transparency International, were there (version française versión en español) April 16 marked a decisive day for […]

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