00950nam a22001097a 4500100004700000245010600047260006400153300000800217520044700225650004800672856012000720  aUnited Nations Economic and Social Council  aThe State of Governance in Africa: The Dimension of Illicit Financial Flows as a Governance Challenge  aEthiopiabUnited Nations Economic and Social Councilc 2013  a25p  aGoverning illicit financial flows has become one of main challenges confronting the surge for structural transformation in Africa. Illicit financial flows (IFF) perpetuate Africa’s economic dependence on other regions and undermine the capacity of the African governments to articulate and implement a developmental state approach that prioritize capacity-expanding, transformative and distributive economic and social development policies.  aCorruption Tax Evasion Asset Stripping Drug  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/third_meeting_of_the_committee_on_governance_and_popular_participation.pdf