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US General Accounting Office reports on South Africa and sanctions

Literature › Primary sources

Kind commission or official report
Producer US GAO
Coverage 1987-1990
Works using it 3

Debates

Debate Works
Finance, capital flight, the 1985 debt crisis and banking 3
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement 2
Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Rodman (1995b) U.S. General Accounting Office, Libyan Trade Sanctions, report NSIAD-87-132BR (May 1987) 1986-1987 Establishes that trade between overseas affiliates and Libya fell 73.6 percent in the first year of sanctions despite being legally unaffected.
Rodman (1995b) U.S. General Accounting Office, South Africa: Status Report on Implementation of the Comprehensive Anti-apartheid Act, NSIAD-88-44 (October 1987) 1986-1987 Documents the executive branch's generous interpretation of CAAA loopholes and opposition to sanctions.
Rubin (1997a) United States General Accounting Office (1990) South Africa — Debt Rescheduling & Potential for Financial Sanctions: Briefing Report to Congressional Requesters 1990 Source for SWIFT and CHIPS information and for the Third Arrangement's terms and its description as favorable to South Africa.
Rubin (1997b) United States General Accounting Office (1990) South Africa — Debt Rescheduling & Potential for Financial Sanctions 1985-1990 Source for the CHIPS and SWIFT information and for the rescheduling terms, and for the US view of the Third Arrangement.