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Africa: Tackling Illicit Outflows

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.April 1, 2014 4 Comments Africa African Union Developing Nations GDP Ghana Global Financial Integrity Illicit outflow Jefferey Sachs Solomon Appiah Thomas Pogge UNIDO World Bank

The Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report estimates that sub-Saharan Africa loses more than twice as much in illicit financial outflows than it receives in aid.…

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Africa — Engineering a bust-less boom

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.April 15, 2013 2 Comments Africa Africa's Pulse boom bust commodities super cycle World Bank

The World Bank’s released the Africa’s Pulse Volume 7, in which it’s Africa Department made some prognostication about Africa’s future. I’d like to share a snippet with…

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Monumental Shift of Economic Power: New Architecture Needed?

Solomon Appiah, Ph.D.February 8, 2013 No Comments BRICS Economic Shift Emerging markets global Global Shifts Governance James Wolfensohn Lex mercatoria MINT Paddy Ashdown regulation World Bank

At a Stanford Graduate School of Business guest lecture, James Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank tells of an incident he witnessed at a…

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