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The Road To Yamoussoukro, Vivica Brown
The Road To Yamoussoukro, Vivica Brown
Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy
Air transportation plays an important role in any country’s evolution because it accelerates the convergence of goods and people. Creating a cooperative air transport system could unlock the potential for a long awaited, remarkable economic growth in Africa. “The African aviation market is perhaps one that has the most potential for growth out of the global regions, due to it being a comparatively young industry and servicing a large and rapidly developing population.” Africa is home to 15.96% of the world’s population, over 1.1 billion people, but it still accounts for less than 4% of the global air service market. …
Alternation Denied: Africa's Presidential 30+ Club, Tom Syring
Alternation Denied: Africa's Presidential 30+ Club, Tom Syring
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
Africa is changing rapidly and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular represents the region with the fastest growing population in the world, abounding with young people yearning for opportunities and change.
Revisiting The Economic Community Of West African States: A Socio-Legal Analysis, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
Revisiting The Economic Community Of West African States: A Socio-Legal Analysis, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
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Recent years have seen a growing scholarly interest in the conditions of emergence of regional trade agreements in Africa. These analyses have advanced our knowledge on a range of technical issues, from specific institutional transformation of regional economic communities such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to broad legal issues relating to the provisions of the regional trade agreements. Most literature on ECOWAS is, however, informed by legal formalism that interprets the text of the treaties strictly and without context, leading to a dominant interpretation of failure.
By contrast, this thesis adopts a socio-legal approach and argues …