01373nam a22001337a 4500100005000000245008400050260006900134300000900203520088900212650003501101856008301136942000701219999001301226 aUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa aIllicit Financial Flows: Why Africa Needs To “Track It, Stop It and Get It” cAddis AbabaaUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africab2015 a18p. aThis a report by the panel, in response to the challenges faced in financing development in Africa which proved to be difficult in the past, compelling the continent to rely on external sources including overseas development assistance .The High-level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows was established in 2012 by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), at the request of participants at the Fourth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and AUC Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance, which was held in March 2011. The Panel will present its final report in January 2015 at the twenty-fourth ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union. The report is based on rigorous research, country case studies and regional consultations within and outside Africa. aIllicit Wealth, Capital Flight uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/illicit_financial_flows_why_africa_needs.pdf cCF c411d411