Cape Verde in West Africa region: towards a new paradigm for regional integration

Abstract

The West African region has immeasurable natural resources and a market of more than 300 million consumers, contributing directly to the dynamics of the global economy. This article aims to identify the importance of this region in the development of Cape Verde, an economically dependent country that has given primacy to its foreign policy to bet on political and economic diplomacy. This investigation was a literature review, complemented through an interpretative analysis, in which the results obtained may allow to consider that the archipelago of Cape Verde needs to delineate a new paradigm of regional integration, vying for the West African geo-economics’ space and using as a platform to provide services to other ECOWAS countries, so that the gains may also revert to the strengthening of cooperation with the African continent.Keywords: Cape Verde; West Africa; ECOWAS; Regional Integration; Development.

A review and analysis of railway transportation system in the economic community of West African States: Towards the development of sustainable regional goal

“…The West Africa sub-region has been widely recognized for having commercial potential. The region has a market of more than 300 million consumers that projected to be half a billion within the next 35 years, contributing directly to the dynamics of the global economy [43]. In addition, its geographic area is characterized by immeasurable potentials minerals and agricultural crops [44][45][46].…”