Draining Development: Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries
- (Washington DC: ) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2012
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A remarkable consensus emerged during the fi rst decade of the 21st century on the need for the wealthy countries of the world to increase their aid sharply to developed states. At Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002, the world’s leaders committed to a “substantial increase in offi cial development assistance [to help] developing countries achieve internationally agreed development goals and objectives” (United Nations 2003, 14).
