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Title Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENDING EXPLANATIONS OF STATE WEAKNESS AND COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND STATE FORMATION IN PRECOLONIAL AFRICA -- NON-DEVELOPMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND STATE COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT AND DYNAMICS OF THE CONFLICTS IN WEST AFRICA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN LIBERIA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN SIERRA LEONE -- STATE FAILURE AND CIVIL WAR IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN IVORY COAST -- GUINEA: A FAILING STATE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This work is the first comprehensive history of the Lebanese migrant communities of colonial French West Africa, a vast expanse covering present-day Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Benin and Mauritania. While others have concentrated on these migrants' role in the colonial economy, this work reconstructs not just their commercial undertakings and strategies, but also their everyday practices, understandings of place and kin, and political thoughts and sentiments. In doing so, it makes the case for a new understanding of diasporic life

This volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs of a lack of growth) in terms of poverty reduction in those countries. The first part of this book describes the experience of two countries (Ghana and Senegal) that achieved high levels of growth in the 1990s, and that also experienced important reductions in poverty, even though growth was not strictly pro-poor. The second part describes the experience of two other countries (Burkina Faso and Cape Verde) that also achieved high levels of growth in the 1990s, but where there was an initial perception that growth did not lead to much poverty reduction. The more detailed analysis of poverty presented here suggests however that these two countries did witness a sharp reduction in their population share in poverty, as would have been expected given their growth record. Finally, in the third part, the authors argue that a lack of growth in the 1990s in Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria has been a key reason for their persistently high levels of poverty. Overall, the case studies in this Working Paper make a strong case for the positive impact of growth on poverty reduction in West Africa. However, they also point to the need to pay close attention to changes in inequality, because such changes have limited the gains from growth for the poor in several of the countries considered here.

Focusing on an area of the savannah in northern Ghana and southwestern Burkina Faso, Land, Mobility, and Belonging in West Africa explores how rural populations have secured, contested, and negotiated access to land and how they have organized their communities despite being constantly on the move as farmers or migrant laborers. Carola Lentz seeks to understand how those who claim native status hold sway over others who are perceived to have come later. As conflicts over land, agriculture, and labor have multiplied in Africa, Lentz shows how politics and power play decisive roles in determi

ICRC delegates in Israel and the Arab countries have, in recent weeks, made several visits to prisoners of war. As usual, they talked with them without witnesses. In accordance with the established practice, reports are sent to the detaining authorities and to the prisoners' own governments.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Notes -- Preface to the 2016 Edition -- 1 Introduction -- West Africa before the Europeans -- The Atlantic trade -- Continuities and transformations -- References -- 2 Tools for Understanding Transformation and Continuity in Senegambian Society: 1500-1900 -- Archaeology -- Processes of change in the Falemme: AD 500-1900, by Ibrahima Thiaw -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- 3 Historical Process and the Impact of the Atlantic Trade on Banda, Ghana, c 1800-1920 -- Banda and its involvement in the Atlantic trade -- The internal slave trade in the nineteenth century -- The colonial market economy -- The effects on local life: insights from Makala Kataa -- Chronology and classification -- The ceramic assemblage at Makala Kataa -- The effects of the Atlantic trade and implications for diaspora studies -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 The Effect of the Slave Trade on the Bassar Ironworking Society, Togo -- Introduction -- The Bassar region -- Culture history -- Later Iron Age technology -- The rise of large-scale production -- Effects of large-scale production on Bassar society -- The rise of long-distance trade -- The advent of Dacjomba and Tyokossi slave raiding -- Dagomba -- Tyokossi -- The impact of the slave trade on Bassar society -- Effect on settlement and demography -- Iron production and exchange -- Pottery production and exchange -- Bassar under colonial rule -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Change and Continuity in Coastal Benin -- Introduction -- Physical setting -- Sources of information -- Historic documents: traders, captains, merchants, and administrators -- Ethnographic information -- Recent histories -- The cultural setting of the Slave Coast from 1500 to 1670 -- The historic setting of Savi.

Urban governance and urban poverty in Nigeria / Dele Olowu & Shittu R. Akinola -- Urban governance and urban poverty in Ghana / P.W.K. Yankson -- Urban poverty and urban governance : research issues and priorities / Tunde Agbola -- Impact of globalization on the urban economy--Nigeria / Bade Onimode -- Urban governance and revenue mobilization in Nigeria / I.B. Bello Imam -- The nature and structure of urban economy and implications for urban pverty in Nigeria / Omololu Soyombo -- Urban governance and the quality of urban physical environment in Nigeria / Layi Egunjobi -- Improving the quality of urban environment in Nigeria : appraisal of past roles of government / J.A. Oderinde -- Urban governance and environmental quality in Nigeria / Ebong T. Eshett -- How governance can affect urban environmental quality : the case of Fensac Town, Lagos / L.A. Oriade -- Urban governance and the quality of urban environment in Nigeria / Okunade Modupe -- The politcs of local governance in Lagos and its implications on urban poverty and urban social structure / Ademola Adebayo Adeniji-Adele -- The politics of urban governance and its implications on urban poverty and social structure in the Gambia / M.M. N'Jie -- Ensuring responsiveness in urban governance / Funmi Adewumi -- Urban development, human rights and participatory governance / Anyakwee Nsirimovu -- Waste to Wealth Project as a means of improving the urban environment and alleviate [sic] urban poverty / Luyi Rotimi