| Description |
1 online resource (4 pages) |
| Summary |
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria. It drains billions of dollars a year from Africa's largest economy and most populous country. Systemic corruption also undermines Nigeria's ability to combat Boko Haram, the world's deadliest terrorist movement, which has displaced two million people in the country's war-ravaged northeast. Although the United States and Nigeria have been close partners since Nigeria's democratic transition in 1999, elite corruption has undercut diplomatic relations and undermined U.S. investments in the nation's development, security, and governance. To move beyond past mistakes, U.S. policymakers should commit to deterring official corruption in the sectors and institutions in which the United States invests significant attention and resources. At a minimum, this plan should establish an interagency working group on Nigerian kleptocracy, station a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigator in Abuja, and promulgate an executive order (EO) restricting financial transactions by corrupt Nigerian officials |
| Notes |
At head of title: Corruption brief |
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"July 2016"--Cover |
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Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CFR, viewed September 22, 2016) |
| Subject |
Political corruption -- Nigeria -- Prevention
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Diplomatic relations.
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Political corruption -- Prevention.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Nigeria
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| Subject |
Nigeria.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Council on Foreign Relations, publisher.
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