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Despite Its Siren Song, High-Value Targeting Doesn’t Fit All: Matching Interdiction Patterns to Specific Narcoterrorism and Organized-Crime Contexts

October 1, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Mali after the Election: Priorities of China and the U.S.

July 26, 2013, Yun Sun and Michael Rettig

A State-building Approach to the Drug Trade Problem

July 18, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Livelihoods, Gender and Displacement in Côte d’Ivoire

April 2013, Eric Levron

Africa Answers: Perspectives on President Obama’s Meeting with African Leaders

April 3, 2013, Julius Agbor

Crisis in Mali and North Africa: Regional Dynamics and International Priorities

February 6, 2013

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Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa

November 15, 2012, Vanda Felbab-Brown and James J.F. Forest

Impacts of Malaria Interventions and their Potential Additional Humanitarian Benefits in Sub-Saharan Africa

October 2012, David L. Caprara and Ken Ballen

The Health of African Leaders: A Call for More Transparency

August 7, 2012, Vera Songwe and Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Toward Inclusive Growth in Nigeria

June 2012, Osita Ogbu

The Africa Progress Panel Report—Jobs, Justice and Equity for Africa

May 14, 2012, Kevin Watkins

@ Brookings Podcast: Challenges for Women in the African Economy

May 11, 2012, Anne W. Kamau

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Senegal’s Presidential Election: A Turning Point for Democracy and Economic Growth in West Africa

February 16, 2012

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Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot

January 2012, Elizabeth Ferris and Chareen Stark

A Chance for Peace in Côte d'Ivoire

August 21, 2007, Elizabeth Ferris

The Challenges of Internal Displacement in West Africa

September 19, 2006, Jessica Wyndham

Internal Displacement in West Africa: Regional Conference Calls for More Vigorous Action

June 16, 2006

Regional Conference on Internal Displacement in West Africa

April 26, 2006

Deplacement Interne en Afrique de l'Ouest : Une conf�rence r�gionale demande des actions plus vigoureuses

April 26, 2006

Monetary Union in West Africa: Who Might Gain, Who Might Lose, and Why?

Dec-02, Catherine A. Pattillo, Paul R. Masson and Xavier Debrun

Welcoming Remarks of the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Francis M. Deng

September 30, 2002, Francis M. Deng

Internal Displacement: Overview and Information Issues

September 30, 2002, Roberta Cohen

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and their Pertinence to Governments in the ECOWAS Region

September 30, 2002, Erin D. Mooney

The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Standing and Application

September 30, 2002, Marianne Makar

Monetary Union in West Africa: An Agency of Restraint for Fiscal Policies?

September 1, 2002, Catherine Pattillo and Paul R. Masson