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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01b8515r195| Title: | West Africa's Political Economy in the Next Millennium: Retrospect and Prospect |
| Contributors: | Olukoshi, Adebayo |
| Keywords: | Africa West Africa Economic policy Politics and government |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Publisher: | CODESRIA (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa) |
| Place of Publication: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Series/Report no.: | CODESRIA Monograph Series 2/2001 |
| Description: | This study proposes to examine various trends and structural factors in the contemporary political economy of West Africa with a view to assessing how they are likely to affect the needs and capabilities of the countries of the sub-region in the next millennium. This assessment is carried out not only in the context of the demands within the sub-region for achieving a more rapidsystem of democratic development, but also in relation to the ways in which West Africa might more fully respond to the demands of globalisation. In undertaking the study, particular attention is paid to the following issues: population, food security, poverty, democracy, human rights, civil society and governance, macro-economic developments, the external debt problems of the countries, the prospects for regional co-operation/integration, the extremely important geo-political and economic role which France plays in West Africa, and the changing forms of popular identity, with emphasis on Islam and its growing relative influence. The study is presented in an overview form and in a manner that is intended to be both retrospective and prospective. It is argued that in this age of intensifying globalisation, West Africa’s future centres around a choice between closer regional co-operation and the continued pursuit of individual national strategies which are often not coordinated on a regional basis. The difficult question is whether the necessary political will can be found to make the choice that will help unlock the full potentials of the countries of the sub-region. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01b8515r195 |
| ISSN: | 2869781040 |
| Related resource: | http://www.codesria.org |
| Appears in Collections: | Serials and series reports (Publicly Accessible) - CODESRIA |
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