Security & Conflict,
Economic Growth, Social Development
Published by the
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Edited
by Rudolf Traub-Merz and Douglas Yates
Contents
Preface:
Werner Puschra
Introduction:
Rudolf Traub-Merz
Opening
Address: H.E. Klaus-Peter Brandes, German Ambassador
CHAPTER I:
The Geo-Strategic Importance
of the Gulf of Guinea
1. The
Gulf of Guinea and the Global Oil Market: Supply and Demand
Johannes
Dieterich, Frankfurter Rundschau
2. Changing
Pattern of Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil-Economies
of the Gulf of Guinea
Douglas Yates, The American University of
Paris
3. US
Policy Towards the Gulf of Guinea
Vicente Valle,
Office of Central African Affairs, US-Department of State
4. European
Policy and European Energy Interests - Challenges
of the Gulf of Guinea
Lutz Neumann, German-African Business
Association
5. Can
the Gulf of Guinea Develop a Common Regional Oil Policy?
Coronel
Correia de Barros, Centro de Estudos Estratégicos de Angola
CHAPTER II:
How Does Oil Policy Shape
Inter-State Relations, the Nation State
and Security Policy in the Gulf of
Guinea?
6. Inter-State
Conflicts and Conflict Resolution Between Countries
in the Region
Osita Eze, Institute for Peace & Conflict
Resolution &
Rudolf Traub-Merz, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
(FES)
7. Oil
Production and National Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wolf-Christian Paes, Bonn International Center for Conversion
(BICC)
8. Conflict
in Niger Delta: A Unique Case, or a ŒModel for Future
Conflicts in Other Oil-Producing Countries?
Thomas A.
Imobighe, Ambrose Alli University
CHAPTER III:
Oil Companies and Civil
Society - New Partnership, Accountability
and Social Development
9. Publish
What You Pay - Extractive Industries Transparency is in
Everyone s Best Interests
Henry Parham,
Coordinator, "Publish What You Pay"-Campaign
10. Gestion
des Revenus Pétroliers: Le Rôle de la Banque Mondiale
dans le Cadre du Projet d Exploitation Pétrolière et de
Pipeline
Tchad-Cameroun. Comment s Assurer de l Utilisation des Revenus
Pétroliers pour le Développement et la Réduction de la
Pauvreté?
Emmanuel Noubissié Ngankam, Chargé des
Opérations,
Banque Mondiale
Commentaires:
Dobian Assingar,
Lique Droits des L Homme
H. Ndoumbe Nkotto, FOCARFE
Thérèse
Mekombe, Collège de Contrôle et de Surveillance des
Ressources
Pétrolières
11. Should
Oil-Companies Directly Finance Development Projects for
Local Communities? The Case of Shell-Nigeria
The Shell Petroleum
Development Company, Nigeria (SPDC)
Commentary:
Alfred Ilrene, Ethnic Minority and Indigenous
Rights Organisation
of Africa (EMIROAF)
12. Les
Compagnies Pétrolières Devraient-Elles Financer Directement
les Projets de Développement Destinés aux Communautés Locales?
Le Cas du Congo-Brazzaville
Abbé Félicien
Mavoungo et Jean-Aimé Brice Mackosso,
Commission Justice
& Paix
CHAPTER IV:
Linking Oil Production to the
National Economy
13. Pétrole
et Développement en Afrique Centrale: Quelques Axes de
Réflexion pour une Meilleure Intégration du Secteur Pétrolier
dans l conomie Nationale
Albert Yama
Nkounga, Nations Unies - Commission Economique
pour
l Afrique
14. Politiques
Macroéconomiques et Gestion des Recettes Pétrolières
Werner Keller,
Représentant Résident du Fonds Monétaire
International au
Cameroun
15. Les
Fonds Pétroliers
Albert Yama Nkounga, Nations Unies -
Commission Economique
pour l Afrique
16. Capacity
Building and Oil Exploitation in the Gulf of Guinea
Margarett
Désilier, Catholic Relief Services
Appendix
(Treaty of the Gulf of Guinea
Commission [Draft], Conference Programme
and List of Conference
Participants)