00929nam a22001097a 4500100001800000245006100018260003200079300000700111520056100118650006500679856007500744  aMark Anderson  aDonations From West Mask ‘US$60bn Looting’ Of Africa  aAfrica bThe Guardianc2014  a3p  aThe article looks at how donations from the west are used to mask the billions of dollars Africa lose through illicit flows on programs that are sponsored through those donations. Africa loses nearly US$60 billion a year through tax evasion, climate change mitigation, and the flight of profits earned by foreign multinational companies. The idea that aid from the west is helping African countries, has facilitated a perverse reality in which the wealthy governments celebrate their generosity by assisting their companies in Africa in draining resources.  aaid, investments, loan, debt, taxes, transparency, tax haven  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/donations_from_west_mask.docx