What Cheap Oil Means for Corruption and Governance
3 June 2020 • 9:00AM EDT
This event was organized by the Anti-Corruption & Governance Center at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE).
What are the implications of the coronavirus crisis for kleptocrats and corrupt elites in petrostates from Africa to the Middle East and Eurasia? What will they do to stay in power at this precarious time? Are there opportunities for the global anticorruption community to push for reforms? Or, is this a time of opportunity for corrupt actors to seek out new revenue streams while the world is distracted by a global health crisis?
Join the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) for a discussion with experts as they provide answers to these pressing questions. Alexandra Gillies is an advisor at the Natural Resource Governance Institute leading the organization’s anticorruption programs. Her book, Crude Intentions: How Oil Corruption Contaminates the World, was published by Oxford University Press in January. Gillies holds a PhD in international relations from the University of Cambridge where she researched the politics of Nigeria’s oil sector. Mohammed Al-Saeedi is a Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa division at CIPE. Since 2004, he has worked in the field of economic reform and capacity building for business and civil society organizations. These programs have led to greater transparency in the government disbursement and disclosure of oil and gas revenues throughout Iraq, in addition to the passage of a new law that cracks down on oil smuggling.
The webinar will include ample time for audience participation, so come prepared to ask questions.
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