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Capital flight

Capital flight is the withdrawal of money, assets and resources from a country owing to economic and political uncertainties, thereby hindering investor confidence and economic development.

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The syllabus topics that use this term.

  • 4.9Economic Barriers to Growth and Development
  • 4.9Poverty Traps and Cycles

Taught in Barriers to Economic Growth and/or Economic Development

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