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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817184403321

Autore

Ndikumana Léonce

Titolo

Africa's odious debts : how foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent / / Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21821-9

1-78032-146-5

1-283-28657-2

9786613286574

1-84813-460-6

Descrizione fisica

xi, 135 p. : ill., map

Collana

African arguments

Disciplina

336.34350967

Soggetti

Debts, External - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Capital movements - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Development studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Map: Cumulative capital flight, 1970-2008; Introduction -- 1. Tales from the shadows of international finance -- 2. Measuring African capital flight -- 3. The revolving door -- 4. The human costs -- 5. The way forward -- Appendix 1 Tables -- Appendix 2 Senior policy seminar on capital flight in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sommario/riassunto

Africa's Odious Debts explodes the myth that Africa is a drain on the West's finances, revealing that the continent is actually a net creditor to the rest of the world. Revealing the intimate links between foreign loans and capital flight, this is a vital book for anyone interested in Africa, its future and its relationship with the West.