Boklansering: Capital flight from Africa, Causes, effects and policy issues

Boka «Capital flight from Africa, Causes, effects and policy issues» lanseres i Norad 16. desember.

Til lanseringen kommer redaktørene av boka, Léonce Ndikumana og Ibi Ajayi, økonomiprofessorer ved henholdsvis University of Massachusetts at Amherst og University of Ibadan.

I tillegg kommer ledelsen i «African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

Norad har støttet AERC gjennom en årrekke. Boka er et resultat av øremerket finansiering på forskningstemaet kapitalflukt, herunder tema som skatt på naturressurser, ulovlige kapitalflyt, og skatteparadiser.

Seminaret avholdes på engelsk. 

Programmet følger på engelsk. 

Programme

Opening and launching of the book by Norad’s Director Jon Lomøy

Presentation of the book by the Editors;

• S. Ibi Ajayi, Prof. of Economics, University of Ibadan
• Léonce Ndikumana, Prof. of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Comment by Alex Cobham, Director of Research, Tax Justice Network

Round table discussion:

"From research to implementation: How can we use the knowledge to reduce capital flight from developing countries?" with:

• Alex Cobham, Director of Research, Tax Justice Network
• Helga Helland, Senior adviser, Multilateral Bank section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Halvor Mehlum, Prof. of Economics, University of Oslo
• Ebrima Sall, Executive Secretary, CODESRIA
• Léonce Ndikumana, Prof. of Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Moderator: Tanja Ustvedt, Senior adviser, Section Oil for Development, Norad

Questions and Answers