Global Security Risks and West Africa
Subtitle: Development Challenges
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: West African Studies
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9789264171848
Subjects: Development
Description: This publication explores current global security issues, their development in West Africa and their potential impact on regional stability. It takes a close look at issues such as terrorism and trafficking, climate change, and the links between "security and development". Some of these issues are still the object of heated debate. This book draws attention to the risk of oversimplified analyses and biased perceptions of security risks. It also highlights the need for coordinated policies and dialogue between West Africa, North Africa and OECD countries.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Reversal of fortune; title: The security challenges of West Africa; title: The climate of the Sahel; title: The Sahel and the climate security debate; title: Climate change in the Sahel; title: The securitisation of climate change in the European Union.