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On the recordDecember 11, 2018
I have recently read a report from--it's the Center for International Private Enterprise, which talks about how we need to protect democracies, particularly in Africa, from a flood of what they call 'corrosive capital' that corrodes these emerging and developing democracies, primarily because of lack of transparency.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Peters emphasizes the need to safeguard African democracies from harmful foreign investments.

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