Big flaky misinvoicing numbers now seen as argument against aid. "Poor countries dont need charity". Because illicit financial flows..!https://twitter.com/guardian/status/820210337513357313 …
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even if smaller than some estimate, is it possible that illicit outflows are larger than aid inflows?
In some countries certainly. But are different things - one is public money, other can be private. Its not a good comparator
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does that matter?
@jasonhickel says rich countries present selves as providing 'charity', while abetting & profitting from IFFs? -
I think better to get to specifics e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/business/justice-department-tries-to-shield-repatriations-from-kleptocrats.html?_r=0 … rather than are we 'the good guys' or 'the bad guys'
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