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samibensassi.bsky.social
@samibensassi.bsky.social
Reader in Development Economics @ University of Birmingham | institutions | conflicts | trade | smuggling | informality
Conflicting sovereignty, religious antagonism, relics of Empire, Srinagar or Muzaffarabad, could be the Sarajevo of our century
May 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
More than Taiwan, that might be place where the dam breaks
May 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
April 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hi Chad, do you think the US custom has the manpower to control the RoO at the US borders ?
April 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Hi Matt,
Thank you very much. Yes, indeed we use the first MER published after the publications of the 2012 recommendations. It is not perfect, but it shows the willingness of the countries involved to collaborate and to adopt the standards.
December 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
We would like to thank the SOC ACE Evidence Research Programme without which this research wouldn’t have been possible. @soc-ace.bsky.social , @hamarquette.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
What do we find ?
The adoption of the FATF recommendations is correlated with a 15.3% reduction in trade-related fraud.
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
What do we do?

We evaluate the efficacy of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 2012, which set the global standard on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, by exploiting its staggered adoption in 16 East and South African countries.
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM