The rationals and mechanisms of plan harmonisation

Abstract

The suggestion that "economic co-operation" should be pursued by developing African countries as a means of fostering rapid socio-economic development is not new. In fact, this has been a very common theme in the last ten years among those interested in the development of African economies and in the forefront, has been the Economic Commission for Africa which found it necessary to create a spare centre of Economic Co-operation in its secretariat in 1970 as a, final expression of its strong interest in economic co-operation as an element of the strategy of development in Africa.