More money flows illegally out of developing and emerging countries each year—facilitated by secrecy in the global financial system—than is received in foreign direct investment and foreign aid combined. Beyond bleeding the world’s poorest economies dry, this propels crime, corruption and tax evasion globally. Learn more about us.
Maureen Heydt
March 16, 2020
March 3, 2020
Notice: A previous version of this report listed the figure of $8.8 trillion as the sum of the value gaps between the 135 developing and 36 advanced economies over the ten year period 2008-2017. This figure had...