Africa's odious debts : how foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent / Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ndikumana, Léonce, author.

Boyce, James K., author.

Contributor:

International African Institute.

Royal African Society.

Social Science Research Council (U.S.)

Series:

African arguments.

African arguments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, External--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Debts, External.

Capital movements--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Capital movements.

Physical Description:

xi, 135 p. : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Africa's Odious Debts explodes the myth that Africa is a drain on the West's finances, revealing that the continent is actually a net creditor to the rest of the world. Revealing the intimate links between foreign loans and capital flight, this is a vital book for anyone interested in Africa, its future and its relationship with the West.

Contents:

Map: Cumulative capital flight, 1970-2008; Introduction

1. Tales from the shadows of international finance

2. Measuring African capital flight

3. The revolving door

4. The human costs

5. The way forward

Appendix 1 Tables

Appendix 2 Senior policy seminar on capital flight in sub-Saharan Africa.

Notes:

Published in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, Social Science Research Council.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-130) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613286574

9781350218215

1350218219

9781780321462

1780321465

9781283286572

1283286572

9781848134607

1848134606

OCLC:

757261020