Capital Flows and Growth in Africa United Nations Capital outflow Poverty Capital inflow The international community has long recognized that developing countries need a substantial inflow of external resources in order to fill the savings and foreign exchange gaps associated with a rapid rate of capital accumulation and growth needed to overcome widespread poverty and to lift living standards to acceptable levels. New York United Nations 2000 2000 Text 44p iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/capital_flows_and_growth_in_africa.pdf