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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">42395</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2024-32-3-371-384</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">MXTSYQ</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Developed and developing countries economy</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Экономика развитых и развивающихся стран</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Dark Side of Multinational Corporations in Africa</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Отрицательное воздействие транснациональных корпораций в Aфрике</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0690-9747</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yangailo</surname><given-names>Tryson</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Янгайло</surname><given-names>Трайсон</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Candidate of Business and Management, Graduate School of Business</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат наук в области бизнеса и менеджмента, Высшая школа бизнеса</p></bio><email>ytryson@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Zambia</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Замбии</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>32</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">FORMATION OF A MULTIPOLAR WORLD</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ МНОГОПОЛЯРНОГО МИРА</issue-title><fpage>371</fpage><lpage>384</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-01-10"><day>10</day><month>01</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Yangailo T.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Янгайло Т.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Yangailo T.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Янгайло Т.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/42395">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/42395</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The presence of multinational companies in Africa has brought more controversy among researchers and activists, with some proponents supporting them as economic contributors to the African continent, whereas other critics argue that multinational companies are corrupt, exploiters, tax evaders, imperialists, et cetera. Against this background, this study attempted to review literature relating to the dark practices of multinational companies in Africa with the aim of identifying the most dominant dark practices that spark controversies about multinational companies’ presence in Africa and then coming up with recommendations that would help African governments deal with and eradicate these dark practices. The findings of the overview indicate that the main negative practices of multinational companies are corruption and bribery, tax evasion and cheating, labour exploitation and imperialism. It is argued that multinational corporations have considerable potential economic power, which can contribute to the benefit of the host country. But it can also be abused if it is not well checked or limited by the host country. The study results show that the absence of strong legal frameworks and international accountability in African countries is the main reason why these dark practices have been mushrooming. It is strongly recommended that governments embrace multinational corporations in order to develop their countries and, at the same time, develop and implement strong strategic reforms, policies, legal frameworks, labour laws, and international accountability in order to curb and manage these impunities.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Присутствие транснациональных компаний в Африке вызывает все больше споров среди исследователей и активистов, причем одни сторонники поддерживают их как экономических вкладчиков в развитие африканского континента, а другие критики утверждают, что транснациональные компании коррумпированы, эксплуатируют людей, уклоняются от налогов, являются империалистами и так далее. На этом фоне целью данного исследования стал обзор литературы о недобросовестной практике транснациональных компаний в Африке с целью выявления наиболее распространенных видов недобросовестной практики, вызывающих споры о присутствии транснациональных компаний в Африке, а затем выработка рекомендаций, которые помогут африканским правительствам бороться с этой недобросовестной практикой и искоренить ее. Результаты исследования показывают, что основными негативными практиками транснациональных компаний являются коррупция и взяточничество, уклонение от уплаты налогов и мошенничество, эксплуатация труда и империализм. Утверждается, что транснациональные корпорации обладают значительным потенциалом экономической мощи, которая может принести пользу принимающей стране. Но ею можно и злоупотребить, если она недостаточно хорошо проверена или ограничена. Исследование показывает, что отсутствие прочной правовой базы и международной подотчетности в африканских странах является основной причиной быстрого роста этой порочной практики. Правительствам настоятельно рекомендуется рассматривать многонациональные корпорации как «необходимую угрозу» для развития своих стран и в то же время разрабатывать и проводить сильные политические реформы, политику, правовую базу, трудовое законодательство и международную подотчетность для сдерживания и искоренения этой практики.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Dark Practices</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>MNC</kwd><kwd>Corruption</kwd><kwd>Tax evasion</kwd><kwd>Imperialism</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>плохие практики</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>ТНК</kwd><kwd>коррупция</kwd><kwd>уклонение от уплаты налогов</kwd><kwd>империализм</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Abimbola, O.S., &amp; Dele, A.O. (2015). Multinational corporations and economic development in Nigeria. 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