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Resource Flush: How EU’s Trade Policy runs risk of undermining development goals
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The European Union has adopted a “Raw Materials Initiative”. But the EU has to be careful not to undermine its own development efforts if it pushes resource-rich countries to open their economies (most parts in English, German subtitles).
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Mario Wiedemann
#Digitalization, #ICT4Change, #OpenData, #NonProfits, #HumanRights. Co-Founder Future Challenges @fc__org.
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The Case Against Shell: ‘The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil’
Written by Mario Wiedemann
A film on the Ogoni people in the Niger delta in Nigeria who protested against environmental destruction and exclusion from the oil funds at the beginning of the 1990s. The Nigerian military bloodily oppressed the protests. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced.
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EITI – Making Resources Work for People
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative explains its approach of putting transparency and accountability at the center of resource management. Several examples display that these crucial factors lead the way for the wellbeing of citizens in resource-rich countries. Peter Sutherland, Chairman of the Board, BP: “Transparency seems to me to make […]
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CIA World Factbook: Natural Resources
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The CIA Factbook lists countries and their natural resources. read more
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Pipe(line) Dreams. Fortune and Fantasy on Africa’s Oil Frontier
Written by Mario Wiedemann
Interesting blog by Christiane Badgley writing about Oil Stories in Africa. read more
