01078nam a22001457a 4500 Boyce, James K and Ndikumana, Leonce Debt Audits and the Repudiation of Odious Debts Association of Concerned Africa Scholars Geneva 2012 6p. 2012. African countries continue to rely on external borrowing to fill their resource gaps in financing development. By 2010, the total stock of external debt outstanding for the continent stood at $297 billion and its annual debt service bill was $22 billion. To the extent that debts are used for productive purposes, the direct and indirect returns for the debt-financed investments should enable the debtor countries to honor their debt obligations. In practice, however, foreign loans are often either squandered on ill-designed projects or even worse embezzled to finance private wealth accumulation in offshore centers. CAPITAL FLIGHT http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/debt_audits_and_the_repudiation_of_odious_debts.pdf CF 13 13