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Perspective
11 January 2016

The dirty underbelly of localisation

Region:
Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
Contributor
Localisation requirements in emerging-markets projects are meant to be a way of giving back; an attempt at ensuring a lasting beneficial legacy for the local population of the respective country. But is this ostensibly benign endeavour offering a perfect guise for corruption and bribery? Ollie Gordon reports.

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