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Medium-and Long-Term Development Perspectives
West Africa is a region in the midst of great transformations post-independence. As a response to the demographic, socio-economic and political challenges, the "Development Perspectives" Unit seeks to accompany the process of regional integration with a better understanding of West Africa and with a mobilisation of West Africans in the service of a dynamic vision for the region looking forward to 2025.
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Rural Transformation & Sustainable Development
The majority of the region’s poorest people live in rural areas and are heavily dependent on agriculture. The SWAC’s “Rural Transformation & Sustainable Development” Unit focuses on working with West Africans to promote debates and actions aiming to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor and the economic development of the region in general.
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Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace & Security
The key missions of the "Governance, Conflict Dynamics, Peace and Security" Unit are to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of exit from crisis, to build on endogenous governance capacities and to promote policy dialogue between actors of the region fostering peace and democracy.
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Local Development & the Process of Regional Integration
The “Local Development and the Process of Regional Integration” Unit works along side West African partners supporting them in terms of regional analysis (Atlas on Regional Integration in West Africa), undertaking a new form of integation based on local cross-border initiatives and tools for the development of migration policies.
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