To disclose or not to disclose? That is the question often posed by corporate players in extractive industries when determining whether to tell host country taxpayers just how much has been paid over to their governments to conclude big-ticket transactions.
For the citizens of state-recipients keen to monitor how Big Oil deals with their representatives, it’s a no-brainer — of course they want to know, and if offered a choice would seek to extend civil society supervision throughout the life cycle of schemes delivered in their name.
