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6 pages in length. A sixteen-member assemblage whose estimated population is more than two hundred sixteen million people, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created in May of 1975 as a means by which to address peacekeeping in the subregion. The extent to which ECOWAS was unprecedented in many ways is illustrated by the enthusiasm it ignited to such a degree that no fewer than two heads of state formally supported adoption and subsequent ratification of the treaty by attending the Summit, the latter of which was realized in a record short period of time by all sixteen countries. Inextricably connected with ECOWAS, the Monitoring Group ECOMOG represents the components of a land, air and sea military faction established by ECOWAS as a means by which to address security problems that arose subsequent to the 1990 Republic of Liberia state structural collapse. Successful in its objective, the force re-established Liberian state structure to a functional mode. Another issue in which its involvement has been critical is that of reinstating democratic order and bringing an end to the savage civil war in the Republic of Sierra Leone, a process that began in the year 2000. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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in the subregion. The extent to which ECOWAS was unprecedented in many ways is illustrated by the enthusiasm it ignited to such a degree that no fewer than two
heads of state formally supported adoption and subsequent ratification of the treaty by attending the Summit, the latter of which was realized in a record short period of time by
all sixteen countries.1 ECOWAS economic composition is made up of a combination of agriculture and primary exports of iron, gold, bauxite, diamond, cotton, petroleum, groundnut and timber. Subregional investors
from outside the community include the United States and United Kingdom, France and Syrian/Lebanese Arabs. Trade between and among internal states has not reached a level of economic effectiveness
inasmuch as inadequate interstate infrastructure precludes the ability to move commodities in a timely or productive fashion. Moreover, the additional elements of diverse backgrounds and long-standing misgivings in relation
to ruler interaction have kept internal trading to a minimum at best.2 The crux of what continues to perpetuate economic, political and social struggle between and among the states is
the fact that subregion populations do not represent those who are capable of taking care of their own needs; additionally, the inherent separation in class structure dictates the extent to
which economic security exists with those who cannot rise out of the cyclical nature of lower social standing. The population of the subregion is dominated by young people, most
of whom lack education, technical skills and the general prerequisites to function effectively in a modern economy. There is a wide disparity in distribution of wealth and income among the
population and between the urban centres and rural areas. Consequently, there is constant pressure on the governments of member states to increase the tempo of development in both urban centres
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