OPIC’s Plan Promises Improvements But Lacks Details on Reform

Last week, the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) published a plan to address widespread failures at the agency that contributed to a botched energy project in Liberia, which resulted in serious human rights, labor, and environmental abuses that our caseidentified.  The brief plan outlines a number of important institutional and operational reforms that could help protect vulnerable communities in the future from the harm that Liberian communities suffered.  However, communities are still waiting for OPIC to reveal critical details about how these reforms will translate into meaningful change on the ground.  Read our joint press release about the plan.