Illicit Financial Flows: A Constraint on Poverty Reduction in Africa Nkurunziza, Janvier D AID, CAPITAL FLIGHT, CAPITAL OUTFLOW, CORRUPTION The article gives an assessment of the negative effect of illicit financial flows on poverty. The effect is partly through direct channels such as foregone investment in poverty-reducing programs or indirect channels such as low investment and its resulting effect on income. Geneva UNCTAD 2012 2012 Text 2p. http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/illicit_financial_flows_a_constraint_on_poeverty_reduction_in_africa.pdf