Transparent Togo--West African country signs up to transparency initiative to encourage foreign mining investment

摘要

The French-speaking West African State of Togo is hoping that its decision to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will encourage foreign investment in the country's mining sector. "By expressing its intention to be a member of the worldwide initiative, Togo reasserts its determination to work so that the riches created by its mining industries contribute efficiently to economic growth and poverty reduction," said Togolese Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo recently at the opening of an EITI workshop in the country's capital, Lome.