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| fixed length control field | 01005nam a2200133 4500 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Eke, E. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | ECOWAS Countries Lose $345bn Yearly to Illicit Financial,Flows,Nigeria Leads |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Nigeria |
| Name of publisher | Ripples Nigeria |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 1p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The article unpacks GFI quarterly assessment report which revealed that Nigeria leads the pack of ECOWAS countries that have been losing money yearly due to illegal financial transactions involving local and foreign companies. The report reveals that the region with an estimated population of 335 million people, which is about one-third of the population of sub-Saharan Africa, yearly, suffers 78 per cent loss of its GDP, put at $345 billion, through this process while Nigeria suffers the biggest hit, with a loss of over $178 billion, being part of which has led to the worst economic recession in its history. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Illicit Wealth, Poverty, |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/ECOWAS countries lose.pdf |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | News Articles |
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