World Bank collared.
In: Earth Island Journal, Jg. 21 (2006-06-15), Heft 3, S. 7-7
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The article reports that several Nigerian communities filed a formal claim in late April with the inspection panel of the World Bank in Washington alleging damages caused by the West African Gas Pipeline. The Pipeline is a 425-mile onshore and offshore pipeline that will transport natural gas from fields in the Western Niger Delta to the Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana. The pipeline consortium, led by Royal Dutch Shell and including Chevron-Texaco, obtained financial guarantees from the World Bank Group and is being considered for support by the European Investment Bank. The 12 Nigerian communities claim that the World Bank's due diligence on the pipeline project, led by oil giants ChevronTexaco and Shell, was deeply flawed. The claim, filed by the Association of Host Communities in Lagos State, asserts that the World Bank's policies on project supervision, resettlement, environmental assessment, and economic evaluation have been violated. It also decries the project's lack of local jobs, its contribution to climate change, and its inability to end dangerous gas flaring.
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World Bank collared.
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Zeitschrift: | Earth Island Journal, Jg. 21 (2006-06-15), Heft 3, S. 7-7 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2006 |
Medientyp: | serialPeriodical |
ISSN: | 1041-0406 (print) |
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