Study on economic co-opertation for the development of West Africa

Abstract

This study shows that sub regional economic co-operation can substantially assist the countries concerned to achieve the targets for the Second Decade. Also, economic co-operation should make it possible to reverse the present trend towards intensification of the imbalances in economic growth between the different countries. What is more, co-operation appears as an essential pre-condition for sustained economic growth beyond the 1970s, through economic diversification coupled with national specialization in selected fields - something which cannot be achieved with out co-operation.