The demographic transition in the Sahel region has been slower than that in the rest of the world. Although child …

Extremist activities and violence in the centres of conflict in the Sahel (i.e. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) are … increases in refugees, especially from Burkina Faso. The Sahel conflict may affect economic performance in the focus countries … spillovers', whereby conflict and violence from the centre of the Sahel are transmitted to the focus countries. This pathway …

This book presents the conclusions of a meeting of the Sahel and West Africa Club in Accra, Ghana, in May 2002 on the …