A Scoping Study of Illicit Financial Flows Impacting Uganda
- Washington DC Global Financial Integrity 2018
- 80p.
This paper presents an overview analysis (a scoping study) of illicit financial flows in Uganda, including the magnitudes, sources, relevant policy and economic environments, and most critical steps for the Government of Uganda to curtail the country’s IFFs. Section II presents summary of the political economy in which IFFs operate. Section III provides estimates of potential trade misinvoicing inflows and outflows from exports and from imports. Section IV lays out the most relevant laws and regulations Uganda has and where gaps may exist in coverage and enforcement. Section V briefly highlights the most important steps for the Government of Uganda to take to begin curtailing the country’s IFFs, which will increase domestic revenue mobilization.
