Caught in the oil trap

• Autores: Korinna Horta
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2538, 2006, pág. 23
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The World Bank's model project in Chad has turned into a fiasco. Intended to help poverty-stricken countries, this funding effort and other poverty-reduction schemes capitalizes on oil resources to suppress domestic rebellions and prepare for an increasingly dangerous stand-offs. The project, however, lead to impoverishment and environmental destruction, and might even reignite armed conflict.