Operationalizing the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons: Prospects for Sub-Regional Trade and Development
@inproceedings{Adepoju2015OperationalizingTE, title={Operationalizing the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons: Prospects for Sub-Regional Trade and Development}, author={A. Adepoju}, year={2015} }
West Africa encompasses countries of both immigration and emigration as well as countries that combine both, and countries that serve as migrant transit routes. This chapter focuses, first, on efforts to operationalize the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment and the progress made, as well as challenges encountered in creating a borderless sub-region. It also details the attempts to boost intra-regional trade… CONTINUE READING
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