This tension – between Norwegian selfinterests on the one hand and the question of poverty reduction and social development for the world’s poor on the other - lies at the heart of this report. Nigeria is a very interesting case in this regard: While the country faces enormous challenges in terms of

This tension – between Norwegian selfinterests on the one hand and the question of poverty reduction and social development for the world’s poor on the other - lies at the heart of this report. Nigeria is a very interesting
case in this regard: While the country faces enormous challenges in terms of poverty and underdevelopment, it also represents a very interesting market for an increasingly globalised Norwegian export industry, particularly in the field of off-shore energy services.