After years of debate arising from a row between a number of NGOs, oil major BP and the Angolan government over management of the oil sector in the African country, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was set up in 2002 by then British prime minister Tony Blair. The British government took the view at the time that requiring governments to disclose the revenues they received from the mining and oil industries and the terms on which they granted permits would reduce corruption,
Inner Circle | Africa
Behind the scenes of EITI's struggle to gain traction in Africa
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