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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787948003321

Autore

Gray Larissa

Titolo

Few and far : the hard facts on stolen asset recovery / / Larissa Gray, Kjetil Hansen, Pranvera Recica-Kirkbride, Linnea Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank : , : OECD, , [2014]

2014

ISBN

1-4648-0275-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 76 pages) : illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm

Collana

Stolen asset recovery (StAR) series

Disciplina

363.259323091724

Soggetti

Corruption - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

Corruption has a devastating impact on developing and transition countries, with estimates of 20 billion to 40 billion per year stolen by public officials, a figure equivalent to 20 to 40 percent of flows of official development assistance. The return of the proceeds of corruption--asset recovery--can have a significant development impact. Returns can be used directly for development purposes, such as improvements in the health and education sectors and reintegration of displaced persons, with additional benefits of improved international cooperation and enhanced capacity of law enforcement an