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Corruption in the Mining Sector: Preliminary Overview 407<br />

ground. The breach may never be spotted for lack of effective inspection,<br />

or the mining company may bribe an inspector to ensure that the<br />

breach is overlooked.<br />

Existing procedures for compensation and obligations to local inhabitants<br />

Because a wide variety of federal, regional, city, and local administrations<br />

control compensation and social conditions, no analysis was undertaken<br />

of the control mechanisms in place. MOM does not itself have powers to<br />

ensure enforcement of compensation requirements.<br />

The interviews and workshop revealed the following perceptions:<br />

• Most of the interviewees were not aware of any corruption in relation<br />

to local inhabitants, but they believed that this was a risk.<br />

• Some interviewees were aware of corruption in this area, including<br />

° local inhabitants planting land once they had heard of a possible<br />

license to get additional compensation; and<br />

° compensation being stolen by officials.<br />

The survey revealed the following perceptions:<br />

• Out of the 16 people who completed this section of the survey,<br />

four (25 percent) were aware of bribery or fraud in relation to local<br />

inhabitants.<br />

• One was aware of bribery or fraud from an organization’s experience,<br />

and four from rumor.<br />

• One believed that such bribery or fraud took place at the federal level,<br />

four at the regional level, and two at the city level.<br />

Risk rating: Medium<br />

The actual risk in Ethiopia of corruption in relation to compensation and<br />

obligations to local inhabitants at the federal license level is considered to<br />

be medium.<br />

Recommendations to mitigate risks<br />

• Clear procedures should be in place so that mining companies and local<br />

inhabitants know in advance the companies’ obligations in relation to<br />

compensation and social requirements and so that the discretion of all<br />

relevant officials is reduced.<br />

• The mining company should be required to publish—both on the<br />

Internet and at a local office—details of the social conditions with<br />

which it must comply and the compensation it has agreed to pay. Any<br />

local inhabitant can then see what he or she should receive.

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