A.Pedro: Africa has huge comparative advantage; cut incentives, look inward
Uneca has contributed to the formulation of 28 National AfCFTA strategies.
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Uneca has contributed to the formulation of 28 National AfCFTA strategies.
Illicit financial flows hinder development in Africa – the UN must rise to the challenge of ending this “Eliminating illicit financial flows is not impossible, as many think. First of all, we must all realise that they constitute a real violation of human rights,” says Jolie de Poukn, an activist with ATTAC-Africa. Photo taken in March 2020 near Khartoum Airport in Sudan. (Mohammed Abdelmoneim Hashim Mohammed ) 21 January 2021 Share this page “Eliminating illicit financial flows is not impossible, as many think. First of all, we must all realise that they constitute a real violation o...
THE STANDARD By Irene Ovonji-Odida | December 11th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 For African countries, the impact of changes in US administrations are not always self-evident. However, as with other developing countries, there are prospects of Africa benefitting from renewed multilateralism, not only in climate and health issues such as responding to global pandemics, but also on the question of illicit financial flows through the reopened debate on fairer taxation of big business and the rich at the global level. This will require a shift from the instrumentalisation of foreign aid for se...