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RELUFA identified the so-called 'resource curse' as the most poignant manifestation of global forces impinging upon the Central African territory. The region's abundant wealth in natural resources does not trickle down to the majority of its people living off less than $2 a day. Rather than improving living standards, oil-, gas- and mining industries often cost poor communities their livelihood, their drinking water and their natural environment. The vast revenues generated in this lucrative sector tend to prop up corrupt leaders and support war fare, at the expense of democratic processes.
RELUFA joins national and
international efforts to advocate changes in the current trends of the
extractive industries in the region. With the Chad
Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project as case study, the network follows up
on unresolved compensation issues, monitors changes in living standards
of the poplation living in the vicinity of the pipeline, brings their grievances to the table of a platform of the Oil Transportation Company COTCO, the Cameroonian government and NGO's as well as the World Bank, and its presses for solutions to the outstanding issues.
RELUFA further calls for transparency in the
resource revenue management. As a founding member of the Cameroonian branch, the network is actively involved in the worldwide Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign and monitors the spenditure by the Cameroonian government through its participation in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
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March 5, 2010
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