1 / 11

a Growing Concern in Latin America

Energy and Conflicts:. a Growing Concern in Latin America. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patricia I. Vasquez Patricia_vasquez@jhu.edu. Types of Energy Conflicts. REGIONAL. a. Geopolitical. b . Border. 2. NATIONAL. c . Revenue.

axl
Télécharger la présentation

a Growing Concern in Latin America

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Energy and Conflicts: a Growing Concern in Latin America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Patricia I. Vasquez Patricia_vasquez@jhu.edu

  2. Types of Energy Conflicts REGIONAL a. Geopolitical b. Border 2. NATIONAL c. Revenue d. Local

  3. Economic Indicators Improved Poverty Levels reduced: from 55% in 2001 to 36.2% in 2008 More people have access to Basic Services High economic growth rates HOWEVER

  4. At the heart of the conflicts: Historic marginalization: ⌃ Lack access to (acceptable) Basic Services ⌃ Lack access to political participation ⌃ Alienation from center of decision-making ⌃ Lack of State presence in their territory.

  5. Why do Conflicts Occur? • STRUCTURAL Governance and Institutional Weaknesses Legal Rigidities Unclear Policies 2. NON-STRUCTURAL

  6. Why do Conflicts Occur? (cont.) • Structural 2. Non-Structural Imperfect participation mechs. Companies’ CRS practices Weak Institutional Mediation for Solving Conflicts Divisions: w/in-btw. Comm//Comm-umbrella org. Degree of mobilization of Comm. History of social/environmental degradation. . Degree of NGO involvement//Type of NGOs. Degree of compliance w/ previous agmts.

  7. PERU Compensation Monitoring Multisect. Comm

  8. Block 1AB Block Production Seized Wells Shut airp. OMB. AMZ. Strike OMB. OMB. NGOs E-Tech Report No Compliance No Compliance No Compliance Govt. no show Disagr./Threats Law suit in LA. 1st .Agr Dorissa Acc.

  9. Sources: Own elaboration with data from Office of the Ombudsman. MEM.

  10. PERU:OIL LICENSES • 2009 • Source: Perupetro • 2004 • Source: Perupetro

  11. Thank you! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricia I. Vasquez Patricia_vasquez@jhu.edu

More Related