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Poverty, oil and corruption: the need for a Quad‐Sector Development Partnership ( QSDP ) in Nigeria's Niger Delta
Author(s) -
Gonzalez Adrian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12164
Subject(s) - language change , niger delta , poverty , government (linguistics) , national development , economic growth , general partnership , private sector , socioeconomic development , corporate social responsibility , agency (philosophy) , state (computer science) , political science , business , development economics , economics , delta , sociology , engineering , finance , law , linguistics , computer science , aerospace engineering , art , social science , philosophy , literature , algorithm
This article starts by charting the conflicting position in Nigeria's Niger Delta between its petroleum wealth and the poverty of its inhabitants before observing how government corruption has hampered development agencies from rectifying this situation. It then examines trans‐national company ( TNC ) Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ) initiatives via a case study of the Shell Petroleum Development Company ( SPDC ). It concludes that, while there are useful projects, their success is felt at a micro level that cannot supplant wider government development. Finally, the article sets out why Quad‐Sector Development Partnerships ( QSDP ) between an international development agency, the state, TNC s and civil society will help to neutralise the national problem of corruption so that Niger‐Delta socioeconomic development can be improved.