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Corruption and illicit financial flows: The limits and possibilities of current approaches
U4 Issue | Jan 2011
This paper attempts to clarify the links between illicit financial flows and corruption, and how corruption may be tackled by stemming such flows. ...
international drivers of corruption, illicit financial flows
Tax-motivated illicit financial flows: A guide for development practitioners
U4 Issue | Jan 2014
Tax revenue can help governments finance development and decrease reliance on foreign aid. But tax-motivated illicit financial flows – tax ...
international drivers of corruption
Improving coherence in the illicit financial flows agenda
U4 Issue | Nov 2018
The illicit financial flows (IFF) agenda has momentum, but weaknesses remain in its foundations, with the definition, measurement, and estimation of IFF, ...
Extractive sectors and illicit financial flows: What role for revenue governance initiatives?
U4 Issue | Nov 2011
Countries highly dependent on natural resources are among the most severely affected by the problem of illicit financial flows. Despite a lack of definite ...
international drivers of corruption, natural resource management, DR Congo, Nigeria, Zambia
'What does not get measured, does not get done'. The methods and limitations of measuring illicit financial flows
U4 Brief | Jun 2010
Estimates of the size of illicit financial flows have been questioned because data used to measure the phenomenon is fraught with problems. However, such ...
international drivers of corruption
Addressing illicit financial flows for anti-corruption at country level. A primer for development practitioners
U4 Issue | Jun 2019
Developing countries lose a massive volume of wealth through illicit financial flows (IFFs), presenting a major threat to their development. Initiatives ...
Twenty years with anti-corruption. Part 5. Money laundering and illicit financial flows – the ‘getaway car’ of corruption
U4 Practitioner Experience Note | Jun 2020
Combatting money laundering and flows of illicit finance is central to the global response to corruption. These are the means by which criminals enjoy ...
Development cooperation, Illicit financial flows, Money-laundering
Implementing the illicit financial flows agenda: Perspectives from developing countries
U4 Brief | Oct 2012
While once considered solely a concern of law enforcement agencies; money laundering, tax evasion and secrecy jurisdictions are now perceived as important ...
international drivers of corruption
Asset recovery and illicit financial flows from a developmental perspective: Concepts, scope, and potential
U4 Issue | Sep 2019
The transfer abroad of assets acquired through corruption deprives developing countries of their domestic resources. Asset recovery offers a path to repatriate ...
Combating illicit financial flows and related corruption in Africa: Towards a more integrated and effective approach
U4 Issue | Oct 2011
The relationship between anti-money laundering and anti-corruption strategies is a key issue for developing countries. Corruption and money laundering ...
international drivers of corruption, Illicit financial flows, money laundering, financial intelligence units, financial industry, cash based economy, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia, Africa
Illicit financial flows and measures to counter them: An introduction
U4 Brief | Oct 2012
The most common sources of illicit financial flows are tax evasion and money laundering. Countermeasures include institution building strategies, international ...
international drivers of corruption
Whistleblowing in the financial industry: The right means to curb illicit flows from developing countries?
U4 Brief | Mar 2011
Information provided by insiders can contribute to the goal of reducing illicit capital flight from developing countries. It helps address one of the ...
international drivers of corruption
Illicit financial flows within the extractive industries sector: a glance at how legal requirements can be manipulated and diverted
Journal Article | Feb 2019
The extractive industries sector is considered to be one of the most prone to illicit financial flows. To date, numerous instruments at the national, ...
Extractive industries, Corruption, Transparency, Abuse of law, Illicit financial flows
Illicit Flows and Trade Misinvoicing: Are we looking under the wrong lamppost?
CMI Insight | Nov 2016
Illicit financial flows (IFFs) have become a high profile issue in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals include a target (16.4: significantly ...
Trade misinvoicing, tax, tax evasion, illicit flows
Profiting from corruption: The role and responsibility of financial institutions
U4 Brief | Dec 2009
This U4 Brief assesses how banks facilitate illicit capital flows from developing countries. The shortcomings of the existing regulatory frameworks are ...
PFM, international drivers of corruption, international drivers of corruption, Congo, Equatorial Guinea
European Parliament study on costs of corruption in developing countries
Project | Jan - Feb 2015
The aim of the study is to: i) explore how and to what extent corruption, illicit financial flows and mismanagement of public financial resources damage ...
European Parliament, anti-corruption, strategy, evaluation
Tax haven or international financial centre? The case of Kenya
U4 Brief | Sep 2014
International financial centres are geared to provide optimal conditions for the financial services industry. They encourage activities that can improve ...
international drivers of corruption, Illicit financial flows, tax havens, international financial centres, money laundering, corruption, Kenya
Lemaître Sophie
Senior Adviser (U4)
Lawyer specialized in illicit financial flows and natural resources, with a focus on forest, extractive, and wildlife
natural resources, extractive, forest, anti-corruption, compliance, transparency, environmental crimes
Illicit financial flows and their impact on development
News | 7 Oct 2010
Raymond Baker, Director of Global Financial Integrity and the author of Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System talks about the problems of illicit financial flows and the linkages between corruption, money laundering, and poverty.
'Follow the money!' Policies and practices in donor support to civil society formations in Southern Africa
Report in External Series | Aug 2011
In 2007, the Southern Africa Trust commissioned a study on the trends and impacts of changing aid policies and shifting financial flows to civil society ...
Aid, Southern Africa, Civil Society, Financial Crisis