LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN) is cutting its community development programs in the Niger Delta as its business suffers from unrest and state underfunding. Militants and local communities in Nigeria have repeatedly attacked the company's facilities in the past two years, seeking a larger share of revenue. But the cuts, which come on top of reductions and delays in spending on local contractors, raise the question of whether the unrest is hurting the local population more than it benefits it in the short term. Shell Petroleum Development Co., or SPDC, has "scaled back (its) plan for (global memoranda of understanding with communities) due to funding shortages from our government partner and increased community disruptions of operations," according to a Shell Nigeria note. SPDC is Shell's joint venture in Nigeria onshore and shallow waters. The memoranda were aimed at equipping Niger Delta communities with infrastructure such as power generators. -By Benoit Faucon, Dow Jones Newswires; +44-20-7842-9266; benoit.faucon@dowjones.com Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=N3pJNd1FyFKKQZIFIr7Pgg%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
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