01397nam a22001097a 4500100002000000245007000020260005300090300000800143520093400151650008701085856011501172  aBarker, Raymond  aOrders of Magnitude and the Human Cost of Illicit Financial Flows  aWashington: bGlobal Financial Intergrityc2014.  a2p.  aThe report focuses on the orders of magnitude and the human cost of illicit financial flows .It is estimated that 18 million people die each year of economic deprivation. Calculation were based in good part upon estimating the number of people dying from preventable diseases as well as based on balance of payments and balance of trade data filed by governments with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the same data that is used by millions of people every day in making decisions about investments, loans, interest rates, exchange rates, and more. The order of magnitude being of relevant importance. Dealing with an enormous drainage of resources contributing to deprivation and death for millions of people. There is an an enormous global challenge to curtail illicit financial flows, achieve greater transparency in the global financial system, and, by so doing, improve the lives of billions of people around the world.  aADVANCE-FREE FRAUD, CAPITAL FLIGHT, CAPITAL OUTFLOW, CORRUPTION, CONVERGENCE, DEBT  uhttp://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/orders_of_magnitude_and_the_human_cost_of_illicit_financial_flows.pdf