That is why I welcome the US-Africa Partnership to Combat Illicit Finance, which aims to promote transparency in public financial management, combat corruption, strengthen judiciaries and the rule of law, and ensure greater accountability to civil-society and private-sector actors. The partnership’s first meeting was held in Dakar on June 25, with a view to establishing a working group comprising several African countries and observers from organizations such as the AfDB, the IMF, the World Bank, and the OECD.