Intra-regional food trade in West Africa: New evidence, New perspectives, was prepared by the Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD/SWAC). The report was led by Philipp Heinrigs and Alban Mas Aparisi. Chapters 1 and 4 were produced by Alban Mas Aparisi. Chapter 2 was produced by Jill Bouscarat. Chapter 3 was produced by Koffi Zougbede. Data analysis was conducted by Adnane Amane, Jill Bouscarat, Arrouna Keita, Alban Mas Aparisi, Eleanor Wiseman and Koffi Zougbede. Brahima Cissé, Regional Programme Coordinator of the Regional Programme for the Integration of Agricultural Markets, RAAF-ECOWAS, and Motchosso Justin Matitoma, Regional Trade Expert and Permanent Secretary, WACTAF, provided insightful comments on the ECO-ICBT database.
The authors would like to thank the ECOWAS Commission for their support and insights, including Massandjé Touré-Litsé, Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Alain Sy Traoré, Director of Agriculture and Kola Sofola, Director of Trade. The authors would also like to thank the GIZ ECOWAS Agricultural Trade (EAT) programme team for their support and insights, in particular Arne Schuffenhauer (Project Leader), Evince Yegbemey (Senior Regional Advisor) and Fabian Pflume (Advisor). The report benefited from the discussions held over the duration of the research with colleagues from the International Trade Centre team of the EAT programme led by Yared Befecadu.
The English version of the report was edited by Vicky Elliot and Arianna Ingle. French translation was provided by Marika Boiron. Renaud Madignier did the figure and report design. Arianna Ingle, Lia Beyeler, Axelle Guérin and Anna Ellis prepared the manuscript for publication.