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Title: | The Politics of West African Economic Co-Operation: C.E.A.O. and E.C.O.W.A.S |
Author: | Bach, Daniel C. |
Year: | 1983 |
Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 605-623 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | West Africa |
Subjects: | Communauté Économique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ECOWAS Economics and Trade Inter-African Relations Politics and Government |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/160583 |
Abstract: | In 1975 the Economic Community of West African States (E.C.O.W.A.S.) was established to promote collective self-reliance in West Africa. Later, the Communauté économique de l'Afrique de l'ouest (C.E.A.O.) was created by six francophone countries to counterbalance Nigerian influence within West Africa. After analysing the process of evolution which resulted in the adoption of the C.E.A.O. and E.C.O.W.A.S. treaties, this article assesses the relationship between the two organisations in the light of Nigeria's changing policy in the region. Notes, tab. |