By Valerie Fris<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suriname could earn billions from offshore oil and gas by 2028, but its weak anti-corruption laws jeopardize revenue and public trust. A key question is: How will Suriname address this critical challenge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jill Sumter is the first woman from Suriname to earn a Master of Laws degree with a specialization in Oil, Gas, and Renewable Energy. A mother of one, she serves as the vice president of the Suriname Foreign Policy Community and chairs a neighborhood association in Pontbuiten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her research, Jill critically analyzed laws designed to prevent corruption in Suriname\u2019s energy sector and presented her findings in a key academic paper titled, \u201cThe Legal Challenges for Suriname in Combating Corruption in Offshore Drilling.\u201d Click here<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Valerie Fris Suriname could earn billions from offshore oil and gas by 2028, but its weak anti-corruption laws jeopardize revenue and public trust. A key question is: How will Suriname address this critical challenge? Jill Sumter is the first woman from Suriname to earn a Master of Laws degree with a specialization in Oil, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,80],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-suriname-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1813,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809\/revisions\/1813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energyguyana.gy\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}