Democracy and Development in West Africa: How Integral is the Relationship?

Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between democracy and development in the West African sub-region and tries to situate both concepts in a historical context. It then suggests a number of variables that can be pursued to meet the challenges of constructing democratic development at the national and regional levels - such as education for citizenship, the need for political actors to quicken the process of cementing building blocks of relationship, and a regular/continuous audit of the democratic processes

NESG Economic Indicators Vol. 13 (1) 2007: pp. 25-32