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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157841403321

Autore

Ajayi

Titolo

Capital flight from Africa : causes, effects, and policy issues / / edited by S. Ibi Ajayi and LeĢonce Ndikumana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-178800-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 455 p.) : illustrations

Classificazione

24.12.00.16

Disciplina

332/.0424096

Soggetti

Capital movements - Africa

Finance

Business & Economics

Investment & Speculation

outflow of capital

monetary policy

economic development

organised crime

Africa

Africa Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I: Why Care About Capital Flight? -- Part II: Economic Dimensions -- Part III: Institutional Dimensions -- Part IV: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive thematic analysis of capital flight from Africa, it covers the role of safe havens, offshore financial centres, and banking secrecy in facilitating illicit financial flows and provides rich insights to policy makers interested in designing strategies to address the problems of capital flight and illicit financial flows.