Abstract
This is a study of the attempt by West and Central African states to coordinate and harmonize their shipping policies in the 1970s and 1980s under the auspices of the Ministerial Conference of West and Central African States on Maritime Transport (MINCONMAR). The analysis shows that African integration efforts are based on calculations of economic costs and benefits. In this calculus, member states do not hesitate to abandon regional integration goals and pursue competing, nationalist ones, if the benefits of choosing the latter are attainable immediately and the benefits of regional integration may be available, if at all, only in the long-run. Although MINCONMAR has failed to achieve most of its objectives, member states continue to support it, indicating that support for regional organization in Africa is often based on anticipated diplomatic and psychological benefits rather than general economic welfare. -from Author
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Ocean Development & International Law |
| Pages | 123-153 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Edition | 2 |
| State | Published - 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science