The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and pipeline Project • What is political risk? How is it measured? How is it mitigated? Political risk means the risk that an investment’s returns could suffer as a result of political changes or instability in a host country. Instability affecting investment returns could stem from a change in government‚ legislative bodies‚ other foreign policy makers‚ or military control. The outcome of a political risk could drag down investment returns or even go
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Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Chad is one of the poorest countries in the world. Although significant oil reserves have been found in the early 1970s‚ these could not be developed because: 1- Chad is a landlocked country with limited domestic demand; 2- civil war prevented the creation of a stable investment environment and caused the departure of several investors. Since peace was established in 1990‚ investors and the World Bank returned to Chad for developing its oil reserves. In order to justify
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EXXONMOBIL AND THE CHAD CAMEROON PIPELINE In November 1999‚ ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond faced the potential collapse of the Chad/Cameroon Oil Pipeline project on which the company was about to embark. Both Royal Dutch/Shell and France’s TotalFinaElf‚ ExxonMobil’s partners in the Pipeline Consortium‚ had just withdrawn‚ citing environmental concerns among other things and leaving its future temporarily in doubt. This withdrawal delighted many environmental groups long opposed to the pipeline. A spokesperson
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Professor Julia Allen Intro to Sociology 12 July 2015 Cameroon Cameroon‚ on the Gulf of Guinea‚ is a Central African country of varied terrain and wildlife. Its inland capital‚ Yaoundé‚ and its biggest city‚ the seaport Douala‚ are transit points to ecotourism sites as well as beach resorts like Kribi – near the Chutes de la Lobé waterfalls‚ which plunge directly into the sea – and Limbe‚ home to a wildlife center. The modern state of Cameroon was created in 1961 by the union of two former colonies
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is to evaluate how this concept‚ which showed its ability‚ can be promoted in Cameroon to stimulate the entrepreneurship. Some enterprises in Cameroon are familiar with the franchise distribution and benefit from it but few are aware of the potential of working in that network. This study presents a holistic overview of details‚ analysis‚ approaches and pertinent considerations about creating a franchise in Cameroon. It also outlines what a businessperson should know while contracting a franchise
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Chad Chad is one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world because of its climate‚ geographic location‚ and a lack of infrastructure and natural resources. It’s main cash crop that is helping it’s economy is cotton‚ which accounts for 48% of exports.1 The industry of Chad is mainly based on processing agricultural products. It is run by a republican government and it’s legal system is based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law. The recent president is Idriss Deby and
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HIV/AIDS in CAMEROON Abstract Almost three decades after its discovery‚ HIV infection remains the number one killer disease in Sub-Saharan Africa where up to 2 million people are still living with the virus. In Cameroon‚ a health survey carried out in 2004 estimated the national prevalence at 5.5% with women and youths being predominantly infected. Orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) from HIV/AIDS have been on the rise in recent years. This high prevalence rate is also due to the country’s lack
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CHAPTER -I- INTRODUCTION 3 CHAPTER -II- LITERATURE REVIEW 2 1.0 Globalisation and Economic development 2 1.1 GLOBALISATION 3 1.2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 11 CHAPTER –III- ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON CAMEROON’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 17 1.0 Impact of Globalization on the Economy of Cameroon 17 1.2 The impact of development partners 20 1.3 The way forward for Cameroons Economic Development 22 CHAPTER –IV- CONCLUSION 24 References 26 CHAPTER -I- INTRODUCTION Throughout the past years
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Ryerson University | ExxonMobil and The Chad/Cameroon Pipeline: Case Analysis | By: Nirpaal Saggu | Professor: Jian GuanSection: GMS802-021 | Student ID: 500332344 | 8/3/2013 | | The case titled “ExxonMobil and the Chad/Cameroon Pipeline”‚ examines two large oil businesses merging together to finish an immense development project which spanned for approximately 25 to 30 years. In 1998‚ both Exxon and Mobil both respectively saw great success as major companies at the time with each
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Pipeline Argumentative Enbridge‚ the world leader in crude oil pipelines‚ proposed a pipeline running from a tar sand oil plant in Bruderheim‚ Alberta to Kitimat‚ British Columbia. If passed‚ this pipeline will ship hundreds of barrels of oil a day to a port in Kitimat‚ where the majority will be shipped to Asia. Enbridge claims that there will be large economic benefits (jobs)‚ especially local. However‚ there a many risks‚ economical‚ environmentally‚ and negative health effects such as weakness
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