This reissue, first published in 1983, is an authoritative study of economic integration among the states of West Africa, focusing upon the issues and experience of the four main initiatives for regional integration in West Africa, namely the Economic Community of West African States, the Mano River Union, the Communaut#xC3;#xA9; Economique de l#xE2;#xAC;"Afrique de l#xE2;#xAC;"Ouest, and the recent initiative for the establishment of an economic and monetary union between Senegal and the Gambia.