Is Sunshine the Best Disinfectant? Determining the Effectiveness of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

摘要

1.The EITI is not as successful as its advocates may want us to believe2.The EITI has the potential to make negotiations between governments and companies more complex and cumbersome, since parties involved in the process may be more cautious about exchanging information they know will make it into the public sphere3.Just as transparency cannot be seen as the magic bullet, it is one that is unable to penetrate armor.