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Essay On Environmental Issues In Ethiopia

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have been violated. The free, prior and informed consent of the people was not secured before the commencement of the project but merely conducted after the project was started.
Moreover, the then governing public procurement proclamation of Ethiopia, provides for open bidding as a preferred mode of procurement. However, Salini Constrututri was granted the project against the words of the law. Such attitude towards its implementation could be regarded as poor execution or lax administration and could possibly raise issues of corruption.
In discussing regulation of the environment, it is claimed that States are authors of international environmental law as it is their practice that makes up international environmental law. Thereby …show more content…

This act of the bank has been criticised as ‘back door funding’ which will be examined in light of the goals of the bank below.

2.2. The World Bank
The World Bank is composed of five organizations run by member countries. It provides ‘technical and financial assistance’ to developing countries. In connection with this, the bank has the objectives of eradicating ‘extreme poverty’ by 2030. However, it has been pointed out that, the bank’s commitment towards environmental protection is not practical. This comment relates to the case at hand, as the bank provided funds to the construction the lines transmitting power to neighbouring countries; although, the project has been criticised for its human rights and environmental concerns. This is an action which has been criticised from the view point of its ‘safeguard policy’ whereby the bank should focus on infrastructure development and not in profit making given the government of Ethiopia plans to export half of the power generated to Kenya. Moreover, the agenda of the government of Ethiopia in exporting electric power, where only 26.56% of the population in the country have access to electric power, should not have been supported by the World Bank. In addition to this the bank’s goal of eradicating extreme poverty is questionable where it is funding a project in which nearly half a million people could be exposed to starvation.
3. Regulation of Transnational or Multinational Companies (MNCs)

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