This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses road accessibility, transport corridors and checkpoints set up in border towns in West Africa. An innovative model shows that the population base of border towns could be 14% greater if there were no delays at border crossings. The...

Contains a selection of papers prepared for an experts' meeting held in Paris, March 18-19, 1996, for the purpose of providing a better understanding of the relationship between immigration and urban development