Illicit Financial Flows: The Missing Link in Development

On June 28, the CSIS Hills Program on Governance and the Global Financial Integrity program at the Center for International Policy hosted a conference titled "Illicit Financial Flows: The Missing Link in Development." This all-day event consisted of four panels that examined: Economic Conditions Hurting Development; What is Known About Illicit Financial Flows; Including Illicit Financial Flows in the Development Equation; The Push and Pull of Globalization; and Governance is a Two-Way Street.

Welcome

• Tom Cardamone, Managing Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
• Gerald Hyman, President, Hills Program on Governance, CSIS

Opening Presentations —Economic Conditions Hurting Development

• Raymond Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
• Daniel Kaufmann, Director – Global Programs, World Bank
• Lord Daniel Brennan, Counsel, Matrix Chambers – Keynote

AUDIO (mp3, 1:43:58)

Panel 1 — What is Known About Illicit Financial Flows

• John Christensen, Founder, Tax Justice Network, Panel Chair
• Raymond Baker, Director, Global Financial Integrity, CIP
• Eva Joly, Special Adviser, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
• Simon J. Pak, Associate Professor of Finance, Penn State University

AUDIO (mp3, 1:16:41)

Panel 2 — Illicit Financial Flows in the Development Equation

• Herman Wijffels, World Bank Exec. Director, Netherlands, Panel Chair
• Anthea Lawson, Researcher, Global Witness
• Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University
• Nancy Zuker Boswell, Managing Director, Transparency Int'l USA

AUDIO (mp3, 1:09:46)

Luncheon Key Note Address

• Moises Naim, Editor, Foreign Policy

AUDIO (mp3, 43:15) 

Panel 3 — The Push and Pull of Globalization

• Charles Davidson, Advisory Board, GFI, Panel Chair
• George Ayittey, Professor of Economics, American University
• Jack Blum, Counsel, Baker Hostetler
• Eric Le Boucher, International Editor, Le Monde
• Jonathan Winer, Partner, Alston and Bird LLC

AUDIO (mp3, 1:13:11) 

Panel 4 — Governance is a Two-Way Street"

• Leonardo Burlamaqui, Ford Foundation, Panel Chair
• Charles Abugre, Head of Policy, British Christian Aid
• Thomas Pogge, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
• Kannan Srinivasan, Monash Asia Institute, Australia

AUDIO (mp3, 1:27:19)