Introduction and Recent Economic Developments -- External Trends -- Trade, Regional Co-operation and South-South Linkages -- Aid, Foreign Debt and Investment -- Internal Trends -- Governance, Parastatal Organizations, the Business Environment and -- the Informal Sector -- Civil Strife -- Health,...

"Why are some communities able to come together to improve their collective lot while others are not? This book advances a novel answer to this question by looking at variation in local government performance in decentralized West Africa: communities are better able to coordinate around basic...

Introduction and Recent Economic Developments -- External Trends -- Trade, Regional Co-operation and South-South Linkages -- Aid, Foreign Debt and Investment -- Internal Trends -- Governance, Parastatal Organizations, the Business Environment and -- the Informal Sector -- Civil Strife -- Health,...