Africa’s Missing Millions: Illicit Financial Flows (Oxford)
Date: Monday 7th March, 5.00pm
Venue: Oxford Department of International Development (QEH),
3 Mansfield Road, Oxford
Date: Monday 8th March, 6.00pm
Venue: Committee Room 9, Palace of Westminster, Houses of Parliament 20 Dean’s Yard, City of London SW1
Speakers:
- Dev Kar
Event description:
By 2008 Africa had lost upwards of $854bn in illicit capital outflows – twice as much as its inflows of development aid. According to some estimates, the actual figure may be as high as $1.8 trillion.
Mispricing and transfer pricing by companies are among the main culprits, finds Dev Kar, author of the report.
Dev Kar is the Lead Economist at Global Financial Integrity, a Washington DC-based think tank, and former Senior Economist with the IMF. Over a career spanning nearly 32 years, Kar has worked on a number of issues surrounding development lending programmes, technical assistance, economic monitoring, and, more recently, illicit financial flows from developing states.
The discussion will be followed by a drinks reception.
Oxford Lecture: Please RSVP by 28 February 2011 to: geg@univ.ox.ac.uk
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This event is part of the Royal African Society’s Corruption Series in collaboration with the Global Economic Governance Speaker Series (Hilary Term 2010) and the Oxford Department of International Development.
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Source: Royal African Society
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