: Regional Mobility and Resource Development in West Africa . Akin L. Mabogunje.

Development of a regional food composition table for West Africa.

Knowledge of the nutrient content of foods is fundamental for virtually all nutrition-related projects, programmes and policies. Low quality compositional data may lead to inappropriate policies and funds spent unnecessarily. Existing food composition tables (FCT) for most West African countries date back to 1960 and 1970 and contain in general few foods and components without documentation. As...

Perspective | Regional Security Policy in West Africa

Regional Financial and Economic Integration in West Africa

Previous studies of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have evaluated the union’s success in comparison to other integration initiatives and according to traditional theory on the optimum currency area, which calls for high intraregional trade and correlated business cycles. This study seeks to determine the prospects for further integration in West Africa given the region’s...

Financing of Regional Biotechnology Regulations : Lessons from West Africa

Introduction Access to agricultural technology is seen as important for increasing food security and promoting development in many low-income countries (Clarke, 1997; Islam, 1995; Mitchell, Ingco, & Duncan, 1997; PinstrupAndersen, Pandya-Lorch, & Rosegrant, 1999). The green revolution provides some evidence to support a technology-led solution to the problem of feeding people (Trewavas, 1999). ...

Regional Spread of Ebola Virus, West Africa, 2014

To explain the spread of the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, and thus help with response planning, we analyzed publicly available data. We found that the risk for infection in an area can be predicted by case counts, population data, and distances between affected and nonaffected areas.