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July 2006

feature interview

Nigerian Minister Obiageli Ezekwesili on NEITI

With a focus this month on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Transparency Watch speaks with Obiageli Ezekwesili, Chair of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Minister for Solid Minerals about her experience implementing EITI in Africa's largest oil and gas producing country. >> read more

spotlight story

EITI: four years of success and moving forward

Corruption in natural resource extraction keeps citizens from experiencing the benefits of their country's natural wealth and can lead to conflict, or political and social unrest. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is designed to monitor and publicise revenue flows between oil, gas and mining companies and their host governments. Four years into the initiative, the first signs of success have emerged. Peter Eigen, Chairman of EITI's International Advisory Council, reflects on these successes and the challenges of moving forward. >> read more

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CULTURE

Corruption q & a

Thinking of “popping the question” this summer? First, think about where the tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from, and how your purchase could be supporting corruption or conflict in a desperately poor country.

Does the EITI make Business Sense? Transparency International talks with Graham Baxter of BP.

Anti-corruption work around the world

Transparency International takes the lead on the Promoting Revenue Transparency (PRT) project, which assesses revenue transparency in the oil and gas sector. >> read more

Transparency International and ten other leading human rights, environmental and social development international organisations have publicly endorsed the first global Accountability Charter for the non-profit sector. >> read more

A number of innovative initiatives to increase transparency in public contracting have recently been carried out in the Americas. Here is the latest in Colombia, Paraguay and Argentina. >> read more

corruption in the news

Taiwanese leader Chen Shui-bian survived a parliamentary recall motion over allegations of insider trading made against his family. >> read more

Allegations of corruption spark the most serious political crisis to hit Lithiuania in years. >> read more

Allegations of bribery led the World Bank to freeze funding for ongoing programmes worth US $7.6 million in Cambodia. >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
"I am convinced that Nigeria would have been a more highly developed country without the oil. I wished we'd never smelled the fumes of petroleum." Nobel Laureate and Professor Wole Soyinka >> read more

Coming Up
Upcoming events of interest to the anti-corruption movement in July and August 2006. >> read more