Publications

"Codifying the Resource Curse: Equatorial Guinea's Oil Law"
EG Justice Policy Paper Series,
No. 1, May 2008.

By Marti Flacks and Tutu Alicante

This policy paper assesses Equatorial Guinea’s 2006 Oil Law, how its provisions hinder intra-governmental and public oversight and accountability; and how, as a whole, it fails to promote the type of transparency espoused by the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. It also offers succinct and constructive recommendations to the EG government to address the current deficiencies in the law. The authors do not intend to provide an analysis of the fiscal regime contained in the new law or model contract, although that is an important exercise that should be undertaken separately.

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