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Policy & Advocacy

One bane of Africa’s Underdevelopment: Illicit financial outflows

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.February 4, 2014 No Comments Africa g20 G8 Illicit Financial outflows Illicit flows Jeffery Sachs Outflows Sib-Saharan Africa tax havens Transparency Underdevelopment

Though the beneficiary of many development programs, sub-Saharan Africa still hosts some of the world’s poorest UNDP Human Development Indicies (HDIs). Qustion is why? One…

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Tax Malfeasance & the Global Leadership Vacuum

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.November 3, 2013 No Comments g20 G8 Regulatory capture Tax Tax Avoidance Tax evasion tax fraud Transparency

I wrote a blog piece for the Africa Progress Panel website published 03.09.2013 leading to the G20 meetings. It discussed how the G20 could fare…

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Policy & Advocacy

Africa’s Natural Resource Paradox

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.June 15, 2013 No Comments Africa Progress panel Africa Progress Report David Cameron G8 G8TTT Kofi Annan Solomon Appiah Tax Tax Avoidance Tax evasion Trade Transparency

At the Open for Growth event on the G8 agenda of transparency, Prime Minister David Cameron, host of this year’s G8 Summit cited the 2013 Africa…

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Policy & Advocacy

Transparency in the Extractives Industry

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.June 13, 2013 No Comments 3T Africa Africa Progress panel Africa Progress Report Bern Declaration Canada CHina David Cameron Global Financial Integrity Switzerland Transparency USA

Transparency is one of the main themes tackled in the fantastic Africa Progress Report 2013 on Equity in Extractives. This lack of transparency in the extractives sector…

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