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This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of different community development partnership and poverty reduction initiatives for the Niger Delta, Nigeria, in the corporate-community relations strategies of Shell, Exxon Mobil and Total. The first section describes the study area and the methodology that informed data collection. The second section engages critically with the corporate social responsibility strategies. The third section assesses transnational oil corporations community development partnerships and their contributions to community development. The fourth section discusses the emerging implications for partnership, community development and business-society relations in developing countries.