DieseInitiativeschriebvor,dassdieHöheder Zahlungen der multinationalen Ölkonzerneandiejeweiligen Regierungen veröffentlichtwerdenmüsste.DaabersowohldieKonzernealsauchdieafrikanischenPolitikerleideralleGründehabenTransparenzzuvermeiden,warendiePläneder EITI bedeutungslos,solangedieVeröffentlichungderZahlenkeinezwingenderforderliche Vorschriftwar.
This was the objective set by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, which requested that the publication of multinational oil companies' payments to governments be made mandatory. Unfortunately, because the companies and African politicians have every reason to avoid transparency, the EITI plans were rendered meaningless when they were not made compulsory.