Saturday, May 19, 2007

Peter Eigen in Africa


A German TV report profiling Peter Eigen's recent work on natural resource transparency;

"Peter Eigen, former head of anti-corruption agency Transparency International, now heads EITI, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Its focus is on the natural reserves sector - difficult terrain.

With China and India's economies expanding rapidly, the global competition for natural commodities is getting fiercer. In Africa, western multinationals have accused them these booming nations of using unfair methods to secure supplies. Professor Peter Eigen cannot allow himself to take sides. Our reporter Karl Harenbrock accompanies Eigen to a conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa that deals with environmental issues, the marketing of natural reserves, and fighting corruption in the field of drilling and extraction right"


Related;
Q & A with Peter Eigen

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Peter Eigen is a fraud