SWAC Publications

This section includes substantive studies and work documents published by the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC), presented by topic (in alphabetical order and within each topic in chronological order).

Some material and conclusions set out in these studies, however, are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SWAC.

For further information, please contact julia.wanjiru@oecd.org.

• Atlas on Regional Integration
• Biotechnology 
• Cotton 
• Cross-Border Co-operation 
• Democracy, Peace & Security
• Development Perspectives 
• Fisheries & Aquaculture 
• Food Security
• Governance & Conflict Prevention
• Livstock & Transhumant Pastroalism 
• Migration
• Natural Resources & Conflict
• Post-Conflict, DDR & Exit from Crisis
• Rural Transformation

Atlas on Regional Integration

• Several Chapters of the Atlas on Regional Integration in West Africa

Biotechnology

• Green Fuels for Development? Improving Policy Coherence in West Africa, SWAC Briefing Note 2, September 2008
• Agricultural biotechnology experiences: What are the stakes for West Africa?, September 2006
• Agricultural Biotechnology and the Transformation of West African Agriculture, synthesis of the regional consultation with West African actors, September 2006

Cotton

• “Cotton in West Africa: the Economic and Social Stakes”, SWAC/OECD Development Dimension Series, November 2006
• "Cotton in West Africa" (5Mb), chapter of the Atlas on Regional Integration, August 2006

Cross-Border Co-operation

• Cross-Border Diaries - Bulletin on West African Local-Regional Realities
• Food Security and Cross-Border Trade in the Kano-Katsina-Maradi (K²M) Corridor, joint mission report, July 2006
• Synthesis of Sikasso workshop proposals (French - 1,1 Mb)
• Cross-Border Directory: Sikasso, Korhogo and Bobo Dioulasso (French - 4,6 Mb)
• "Kurumba" Community Radio Stations Network (French - 1,6 Mb)
• Towards a Euro-African Dialogue on Cross-Border Co-operation, by Karim Dahou, March 2004

Democracy, Peace & Security

• Human Security in West Africa: Governance and Development Stakes (French), by Massaër
  Diallo, SPG meeting, Berlin, 25-26 January 2007
• Human Security in West Africa: Challenges, Synergies and Action for a Regional Agenda, volume 1 (summary report), volume 2 (working documents), October 2006
• Building Peace & Democracy in West Africa, Acts of the Forum of Political Parties, the Media and Civil Society in West Africa, edited by the SWAC, November 2005
• "The ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol and Defence and Security Forces relationships to political power", November 2005
• Security and Human Security: an Overview of Concepts and Initiatives : What Implications for West Africa?, Issues Paper, December 2004

Development Perspectives

• “West Africa: a region in movement, an evolving region, a region in the process of integration” (French), working document 2, January 2007
• “Medium and Long-Term Development Perspectives of West Africa”, summary of work and debates of the thematic SPG meeting, 29 June 2006 | Interventions, volume 2 
• "Medium and Long-Term Regional Development Perspectives in West Africa", summary of work and debates of the Symposium held for the 30th Anniversary of ECOWAS, 25-26 May 2005
• "West Africa Long-Term Perspective Study (WALTPS)", 1st edition, 1998

Fisheries & Aquaculture

• "Fishing for Coherence", Policy Coherence in the Fisheries Sector in Seven West African Countries, The Development Dimension Series
• "Aquaculture in West Africa – A Sustainable Source of Food and Income?", information note, January 2007
• "Exploring Economic Opportunities in Sustainable Shrimp Farming in West Africa: Focus on South-South Co-operation", meeting report, Conakry (Guinea), 6-8 June 2006
• "Regional Study on Economic Opportunities in Sustainable Shrimp Farming in West Africa: An Initial Review", working document, February 2006

Food Security 

• Information Notes on the Food Situation in West Africa
• Food Security Country Profiles
• Summary Records of RPCA Meetings
• Food Sovereignty in West Africa: From Principles to Reality, working document, March 2007
• The Challenges of Food Security in the Sahel and West Africa (PPT), by Jean Sibiri Zoundi, SPG meeting, Berlin, 25-26 January 2007
• Food Security and Cross-Border Trade in the Kano-Katsina-Maradi (K²M) Corridor, joint mission report, July 2006

Governance & Conflict Prevention

• "Appropriation, Dissemination and Implementation of Regional Instruments and Endogenous Democratic Governance and Conflict Prevention Mechanisms in West Africa", Final Summary, Dakar Workshop, October 2007
• "Inter-generational Forum on Endogenous Governance in West Africa", volume 1 (summary report) | volume 2 (working documents), November 2006
• "Women, Endogenous Governance and Conflict Prevention in West Africa", volume 1 (summary report) | volume 2 (working documents), October 2006
• “Initiative on Capitalising on Endogenous Capacities for Conflict Prevention and Governance", > volume 1 (report & work perspectives) | volume 2 (working documents), October 2005

Livestock & Transhumant Pastoralism

• The Future of Livstock in West Africa, a series of policy notes

Migration

• West African Mobility and Migration Policies of OECD Countries, West Africa Studies, SWAC/OECD, October 2008
• SWAC Presentation (French), by Mr. Laurent Bossard, Experts' Meeting on Migration and Development, Dakar (Senegal), 9-11 July 2008
• SWAC Mission Report on the "ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration", by Mr. Laurent Bossard, Experts' Meeting, Dakar (Senegal), 11-12 April 2007
• Migration in West Africa: Perception and Realities (French), by Mr. Laurent Bossard, SPG meeting, 25 January 2007 (also see the powerpoint presentation - French)
• Migration, Chapter of the Atlas on Regional Integration, August 2006
• The Socio-Economic and Regional Context of West African Migrations, SWAC Working Document, November 2006

Natural Resources & Conflict

• Land, agricultural change and conflict in West Africa: Regional issues from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire : Historical Overview, February 2007
• Land Reform Process in West Africa : A Review, August 2006
• Land, agricultural change and conflict in West Africa: Historical review to contribute to future debate and action, Information Note 6, June 2005

Post-Conflict, DDR & Dynamics of Exit from Crisis

• "ECOWAS/SWAC Workshop on Post-conflict and Development", final synthesis, Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire), 3-5 June 2008; Workshop Interventions:
  • ECOWAS 2020 Strategic Vision, by Prof. N’Galadjo Lambert Bamba, ECOWAS Commissioner for Macroeconomic Policy 
  • Comments relating to the Praia Workshop on DDR, Post-conflict and Development (French), by Colonel Yoro Koné, Director, Early Warning - Political Affairs, Peace & Security Department of the ECOWAS Commission, June 2008
  • The NEPAD Post-Conflict Strategy within the framework of the ECOWAS Strategic Plan (French), by Souleymane Zeba, NEPAD Counsellor, Regional Integration & Co-ordination, June 2008 
  • The role of the private sector in the post-conflict reconstruction process in Guinea-Bissau (French), by Dr. Ousmane Biram Sane, FCPC Guinea-Bissau, June 2008
  • Orientations and challenges of economic and social reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia, by Dr. Byron Tarr, Consultant, June 2008
  • Rebuilding and Strengthening the State: the case of Côte d'Ivoire (French), by Dr. François Komoin, President of the Ivorian Association for the Development of Rights (AIDD), June 2008
  • Lessons learned from the post-conflict reconstruction in Rwanda (French), by Mr. Kladoumadje Nadjaldongar, CELHTO/African Union, June 2008
• “DDR, Post-conflict and Development in West Africa”, Meeting of the Regional Working Group, volume 1 (summary report) | volume 2 (working documents), Praia, Cape Verde, September 2007
• "Regional Working Group on DDR Programmes and Post-conflict Management in West Africa", volume 1 (summary report) | volume 2 (working documents), December 2006
• “The Dynamics of Exit from Crisis in West Africa: the Role of Political Dialogue and Security Sector Reform”, summary report, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, December 2006
• "Initiative on Dynamics on Exit from Crisis, summary report (French), launching workshop, Ziguinchor (Senegal), October 2005

Rural Transformation

• Regional Strategic Thinking on the Future of the Rural Environment over the next 20 years, concept paper | presentation note, March 2007
• "Rural Environment in West Africa", joint SWAC-FAO publication, March 2007
• "The Family Economy and Agricultural Innovation in West Africa: Towards New Partnerships", Overview, March 2005
• "Transformations in West African Agriculture and the Role of Family Farms", by Camilla Toulmin and Bara Guèye, SWAC, June 2003 | > Executive Summary
• "Technical Innovation and the Transformation of Agriculture and Family Farms in West Africa: What Roles for Agricultural Research and Extension?", (French), by Jean Sibiri Zoundi, SWAC, June 2003