We argue that national elites have taken up (or, in the case of Bolivia, rejected) EITI as part of a strategy to secure broader goals and to convey particular messages about the state of democracy and political priorities in their countries, including towards actors on the international stage. This paper addresses how national political settlements have led to diverse responses to EITI across three Andean countries: Peru (an early adopter) Colombia (a late adopter) and Bolivia (a non-adopter). National politics is especially crucial to the forms taken by EITI.
How EITI unfolds in a particular country is thus a consequence of the particular interactions between domestic and transnational political processes, and among ideas, institutions and political interests existing at these different national and transnational scales.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) originated in the international domain but can only operate if adopted at a national scale.
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