Two economists closely involved in the process to develop UN indicators of illicit financial flows (IFFs) have written a critical survey of the existing data and methodologies for estimating IFFs, identifying the most promising avenues for future improvement and setting out their own proposals.

Estimating Illicit Financial Flows: A Critical Guide to the Data, Methodologies, and Findings by Alex Cobham and Petr Janský is published with open access by Oxford University Press.

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