Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries

The book provides the first collection of analytic contributions, as opposed to advocacy essays and black box estimates, on illicit financial flows (IFFs). Some of the chapter presents new empirical findings; others, new conceptual insights. All of...

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Main Author:	Reuter, Peter
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	Corruption Illegal markets Illicit financial flows Money laundering Stolen assets Tax evasion Trade mis-pricing Transfer pricing
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spelling	okr-10986-22422021-04-23T14:02:00Z Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries Reuter, Peter Corruption Illegal markets Illicit financial flows Money laundering Stolen assets Tax evasion Trade mis-pricing Transfer pricing The book provides the first collection of analytic contributions, as opposed to advocacy essays and black box estimates, on illicit financial flows (IFFs). Some of the chapter presents new empirical findings; others, new conceptual insights. All of them enrich the understanding of the dynamics of the illicit flows phenomenon. The book does not offer a new estimate of the global total of these flows because the phenomenon is too poorly understood. The chapters are based on papers first presented at a September 2009 conference at the World Bank. Each paper had one or two assigned discussants, and the revisions reflect the often searching critiques of the discussants, as well as additional comments from the editor and from two external peer reviewers. The chapters have been written to be accessible to non-experts. Following this introduction, the book has five parts: the political economy of illicit flows; illegal markets; to what extent do corporations facilitate illicit flows? Policy interventions; and conclusions and the path forward. 2012-03-19T08:44:21Z 2012-03-19T08:44:21Z 2012 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20120216001849 978-0-8213-8869-3 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2242 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication
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description	The book provides the first collection of analytic contributions, as opposed to advocacy essays and black box estimates, on illicit financial flows (IFFs). Some of the chapter presents new empirical findings; others, new conceptual insights. All of them enrich the understanding of the dynamics of the illicit flows phenomenon. The book does not offer a new estimate of the global total of these flows because the phenomenon is too poorly understood. The chapters are based on papers first presented at a September 2009 conference at the World Bank. Each paper had one or two assigned discussants, and the revisions reflect the often searching critiques of the discussants, as well as additional comments from the editor and from two external peer reviewers. The chapters have been written to be accessible to non-experts. Following this introduction, the book has five parts: the political economy of illicit flows; illegal markets; to what extent do corporations facilitate illicit flows? Policy interventions; and conclusions and the path forward.
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author	Reuter, Peter
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title	Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
title_short	Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
title_full	Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
title_fullStr	Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Draining Development? Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
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publisher	World Bank
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