{"id":41212,"date":"2026-01-14T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=41212"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:46:45","slug":"large-scale-infrastructure-as-an-instrument-for-local-development-the-niger-benin-export-pipeline-and-its-impact-on-rural-communities-in-northern-benin","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/nl\/publication\/large-scale-infrastructure-as-an-instrument-for-local-development-the-niger-benin-export-pipeline-and-its-impact-on-rural-communities-in-northern-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-scale infrastructure as an instrument for local development? The Niger-Benin Export Pipeline and its impact on rural communities in northern Benin\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-scaled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-1024x786.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41216\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3027784060356407;width:626px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-1024x786.png 1024w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-1536x1179.png 1536w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-1-2048x1572.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Fig. 1 The Niger-Benin export pipeline (NBEP) and its location in Benin.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operational since March 2024, Africa\u2019s longest crude oil pipeline, the Niger-Benin Export Pipeline (NBEP), connects the oil fields of Agadem in eastern Niger to the port of S\u00e8m\u00e8-Kpodji in southern Benin (Figure 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 1,950 km long pipeline was built through a partnership between the governments of Niger and Benin and the China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company Ltd (CNODC), a subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation, which finances the project and manages its operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NBEP is a major foreign investment with high economic and strategic stakes in a region marked by increased political turmoil and insecurity. After Niger\u2019s 2023 coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, relations between Benin and Niger deteriorated, leading to disruptions in pipeline construction and oil exports. In 2024 various armed groups started to attack pipeline infrastructure and security forces, particularly in areas with increased jihadist activity, including the Niger-Benin border area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20251219-Insight-The-Niger-Benin-Export-Pipeline-and-its-impact-on-rural-communities-in-northern-Benin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-724x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41222\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7070292529145183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Extracted-from-20251219-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-pages.pdf-scaled.png 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b192c3d7 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20251219-Insight-The-Niger-Benin-Export-Pipeline-and-its-impact-on-rural-communities-in-northern-Benin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the report (ENG)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260327-Insight-Niger-Benin-pipeline-summary-FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le r\u00e9sum\u00e9 (FR)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite this increasingly challenging context, the project\u2019s stakes are too high to be abandoned as, like other large-scale infrastructure investments, the NBEP promises to bring significant benefits to both its investors and its host countries. There, the NBEP project is expected to bring socioeconomic development on both national and local levels, through tax revenue, job creation, employment, and local infrastructure development.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Benin, the construction and operation of a 687km long buried pipeline, a pumping and a maintenance station and a marine terminal station, envisaged the recruitment of over 3,000 people, including 350 to 500 in permanent jobs. Beninese legislation governing the NBEP sets out clear local content requirements, including the priority recruitment of local workers and quota for Beninese nationals across different roles and positions, and expectations of local development through vocational trainings and corporate infrastructure investment in communities affected by the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, the NBEP project clearly has the potential to boost socio-economic development in Benin. Yet, experiences across the continent show that large oil infrastructure can also bring long-lasting harm when they fail to adequately prevent, mitigate and remediate their negative impacts on local communities and the environment, while also falling short on local development promises.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-scaled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-380x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-380x1024.png 380w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-111x300.png 111w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-768x2068.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-761x2048.png 761w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/251208_NBEP_Fig-2-scaled.png 951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Fig. 2 Timeline of key events for the<br>NBEP in Benin (2017 \u2013 2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Benin, the development of the NBEP is estimated to directly affect 602,148 people who live mainly in rural communities, with predominantly agriculture-based, informal economies and high poverty rates. To enable the construction of the pipeline, land was expropriated, an approach commonly used by governments to enable public-interest projects, but one that is often contentious due to risks of inadequate compensation, weak consultation, livelihood disruption, and longer-term social consequences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To better gauge the NBEP\u2019s role in driving local development, and its potential for alleviating and\/or amplifying local grievances and conflict, this paper assesses the socio-economic, environmental and security impacts of the NBEP as lived and perceived by affected persons and communities in northern Benin. It focuses on three processes that each have the potential to significantly impact affected communities and their experience of the NBEP project: (1) compulsory land acquisition, (2) local benefit creation, and (3) stakeholder engagement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20251219-Insight-The-Niger-Benin-Export-Pipeline-and-its-impact-on-rural-communities-in-northern-Benin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This research<\/a> by IPIS and <a href=\"https:\/\/lasen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laboratoire Soci\u00e9t\u00e9-Environnement (LaSEn)<\/a> draws on 205 semi-structured surveys conducted across eight affected villages in Borgou department, covering the districts of Bemb\u00e8r\u00e8k\u00e8, N\u2019Dali, Parakou, and Tchaourou. Borgou is Benin\u2019s second most populous region and the most heavily affected by the NBEP project. It is also a a predominantly rural region dominated by agriculture, where land is central to livelihoods and where land tenure insecurity and disputes are common, making land-related issues a critical risk factor in the NBEP\u2019s implementation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By analysing local experiences and perceptions, the authors provide grassroots insights into the lived local impacts of large-scale extractive infrastructure projects, with broadly applicable learnings to ensure these projects realise sustainable local development ambitions that are respective of rightsholders rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"41253\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2024_IPIS_NBEP_sign-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"41264\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NBEP_Fig-4_right-593x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NBEP_Fig-4_right-593x1024.jpg 593w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NBEP_Fig-4_right-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NBEP_Fig-4_right.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Water tower (T\u00e8kparou) realised by affected households with compensation money.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-1024x228.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-1024x228.png 1024w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-768x171.png 768w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-1536x342.png 1536w, https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EN_FundedbytheEU_RGB_POS-2048x456.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This publication has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this document can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operational since March 2024, Africa\u2019s longest crude oil pipeline, the Niger-Benin Export Pipeline (NBEP), connects the oil fields of Agadem in eastern Niger to the port of S\u00e8m\u00e8-Kpodji in southern Benin. like other large-scale infrastructure investments, the NBEP promises to bring significant benefits to both its investors and its host countries. The NBEP project is expected to bring socioeconomic development on both national and local levels, through tax revenue, job creation, employment, and local infrastructure development.\u00a0To better gauge the NBEP\u2019s role in driving local development, and its potential for alleviating and\/or amplifying local grievances and conflict, this paper assesses the socio-economic, environmental and security impacts of the NBEP as lived and perceived by affected persons and communities in northern Benin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":41228,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[7620,7621,7600],"research-program":[],"publication-category":[35],"country":[7534],"publication-author":[25,7622],"partner":[],"publication-researcher":[],"publication-gis":[],"maps-data":[],"publication-editor":[],"data-analysis":[],"surveyor":[],"field-research-coordinator":[],"narrative":[],"class_list":["post-41212","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-large-scale-infrastructure","tag-pipeline","tag-west-africa","publication-category-insight","country-benin","publication-author-ipis","publication-author-laboratoire-societe-environnement-lasen-de-luniversite-de-parakou"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Large-scale infrastructure as an instrument for local development? 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