Cross-border Co-operation and Policy Networks in West Africa / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. and Sahel and West Africa Club.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

Sahel and West Africa Club.

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

West African Studies,.

West African Studies ;

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

This publication examines how policy actors involved in cross-border co-operation contribute to the regional integration process in West Africa. It uses a pioneering methodology, known as social network analysis, to visualise the formal and informal relationships between actors involved in cross-border policy networks, showing that borders have notable and diverse impacts on exchanges of information and the relative power of networks. The report then analyses a range of regional indicators of co-operation potential, visually demonstrating that borders can also affect the ability of sub-regions within West Africa to develop cross-border initiatives in a number of ways. Combining these two analyses with the perceptions of regional policy makers as to which border areas they consider as priorities for regional integration, the publication concludes with the analytical foundations for more effective place-based policies that can enhance cross-border co-operation in West Africa.

Contents:

Preface

The Club

Mapping cross border co-operation potential in West Africa

Foreword and acknowledgements

Abbreviations and acronyms

Integration in West Africa: The institutional landscape

Cross‑border co‑operation in West Africa: Bridging the gap between research and policy

Spatial representations and cross‑border co‑operation in West Africa

West African cross‑border policy networks

Summary

A relational approach to cross-border co-operation in West Africa

Social network analysis and cross‑border co‑operation in West Africa

Regionalism, regional integration and regionalisation in West Africa.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264265875

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