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Changing times and strategies: Shell's contribution to sustainable community development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Ite Uwem E.

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

sustainable development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1099-1719

pISSN - 0968-0802

DOI - 10.1002/sd.294

Subject(s) - niger delta , sustainable development , civil society , poverty , general partnership , dependency (uml) , government (linguistics) , economic growth , community development , business , political science , sustainable community , delta , economics , engineering , politics , linguistics , philosophy , systems engineering , law , aerospace engineering , finance

Sustainable development and poverty are pervasive problems in the Niger Delta, mainly due to lack of significant Nigerian government commitment to the development of the region. As a corporate citizen, Shell has contributed in various ways to local community development in the area. Based on a critical analysis of the changes in its strategies and policies, the paper contends that Shell's previous approaches to community development in the Niger Delta encouraged unsustainable development and a culture of dependency. It concludes that the recently launched sustainable community development strategy has the potential to succeed where others failed, if it is implemented within a tri‐sector partnership framework involving Shell, the Nigerian government and civil society. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

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