Maps

Maps & Facts

2024

2023

No. 118, Better data and monitoring of food prices are needed in West Africa | pdf
No. 117, Cost and affordability of healthy diets in West Africa | pdf
No. 116, Rising cereal prices complicate the food equation in the Sahel and West Africa | pdf
No. 115, A persistent food and nutrition crisis spreads from the Sahel to the Gulf of Guinea | pdf
No. 114, The security crisis in the Sahel is disrupting market operations | pdf
No. 113, Declining supplies and soaring fertiliser prices | pdf
No. 112, Gender-sensitive tools for food crisis prevention and management | pdf

2022

2021

2020

2019

No. 88, More than twice as many severely food insecure people | pdf
No. 87, Doing business in West Africa is getting easier, notably in Togo | pdf
No. 86, Increasing inequality in the Sahel and West Africa | pdf
No. 85, Urban development assistance mostly benefits big cities | pdf
No. 84, African plans for a trans-continental road network | pdf
No. 83, Health coverage in West Africa | pdf
No. 82, The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) | pdf
No. 81, Africa's border agglomerations | pdf
No. 80, Official development assistance to West Africa | pdf
No. 79, Food and nutrition situation | pdf
No. 78, Women suffering from anaemia - a major challenge | pdf
No. 77, Voter turnout in West Africa | PDF
No. 76, West Africa’s growth prospects remain strong | pdf
No. 75, Polygamy remains common and mostly legal in West Africa | pdf

2018

2017

2016

No. 46, National Resilience Priorities (NRP-AGIR) | pdf
No. 45, Eight million people in northern Nigeria facing acute food insecurity | pdf
No. 44, One out of three people in northeastern Nigeria faced with acute food insecurity | pdf
No. 43, Some signs of better governance in West Africa | pdf
No. 42, Internet: West Africans are going mobile but many are still offline | pdf
No. 41, The Regional Food Security Reserve | pdf
No. 40, Malnutrition persists | pdf
No. 39, West Africa’s economy stalled in 2015, gradual recovery in 2016 | pdf
No. 38, An overall good agro-pastoral campaign but malnutrition persists | pdf
No. 37, Sahelian migration within the region | pdf
No. 36, Rural and urban populations are moving closer together | pdf
No. 35, Nearly 30% of West Africans lack access to an improved water source | pdf
No. 34, Surface water in Africa | pdf
No. 33, West African girls are being married off too young | pdf
No. 32, Major nomadic groups | pdf
No. 31, Ebola killed more than 11 000 people | pdf

2015

No. 30, Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) | pdf
No. 29, Food and nutrition situation - December 2015 | pdf
No. 28, Burkina Faso: presidential and legislative elections | pdf
No. 27, Main infrastructure projects planned for northern Mali | pdf
No. 26, Rainfall evolution | pdf
No. 25, Progress towards achieving food security | pdf
No. 24, Food and nutrition situation: June-Aug 2015 | pdf
No. 23, Togo's presidential election | pdf
No. 22, Nigeria's presidential election | pdf
No. 21, Sahara-Sahel empires and their routes | pdf
No. 20, Western Sahara | pdf
No. 19, Niger: internal fragility and external threats | pdf
No. 18, Violent events (1997-2012) | pdf
No. 17, Limits of the Sahara-Sahel | pdf
No. 16, Borders in the Sahara-Sahel | pdf
No. 15, Cigarette trafficking | pdf
No. 14, Population density in the Sahara | pdf
No. 13, Migratory movements | pdf
No. 12, Communication networks in northern Mali | pdf

2014

No. 11, Population in northern Mali | pdf
No. 10, Poverty in northern Mali | pdf
No. 09, Decline of the nomadic population | pdf
No. 08, Tourism in the Sahara-Sahel | pdf
No. 07, Cocaine flows | pdf
No. 06, Hashish flows | pdf
No. 05, Boko Haram | pdf
No. 04, Niger: internal fragilities & regional threats | pdf
No. 03, Trans-Saharan road gap | pdf
No. 02, Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline | pdf
No. 01, Oil in Niger | pdf

Food system transformations in the Sahel and West Africa

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Food systems are central to our lives, our well-being and our societies. This is particularly true in the Sahel and West Africa, where the majority of the population makes its living from food-related activities. However, food systems around the world are facing a triple challenge (food and nutrition security, livelihoods and environmental sustainability). This Maps&Facts issue provides an overview of some of the main issues of food system transformations in the Sahel and West Africa and implications for people and policies in the region.

Food and Nutrition Crisis 2020: Analyses & Responses

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This “Maps & Facts” brochure looks at the food and nutrition crisis of 2020 which will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most serious in recent decades. Behind the figures that the reader will come across in this brochure there are lives at risk, women in distress, and children whose stunted growth is compromising their prospects of leading a dignified life. All serious threats to the future.

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Food issues: demographic, urban, migration and security challenges

This “Maps & Facts” brochure looks at the demographic, urban, migration and security challenges in the Sahel and West Africa through the lens of food issues. It promotes the following key message: the challenges facing food security should not be overshadowed by the resurgence of demographic, migration and security concerns on the international agenda. Rather, food security is closely related to these issues, and should be considered as part of the solution to the challenges they raise. Food issues are at the heart of the West African economy and society; ignoring their importance would be a strategic error. The business of making food for human consumption, including all elements of the value chain – production, processing and distribution – is the largest sector in the region, far ahead of oil, cash crops or industry. The food sector is key for creating more jobs, stimulating stronger and more inclusive growth, opening up a wider field of opportunities for agricultural producers and other entrepreneurs, and pulling the most vulnerable out of poverty and insecurity. Food issues must therefore remain at the centre of all reflection, policy and action – from food crisis prevention, to economic development, to building the resilience of the most vulnerable people.

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Tables

Table 1: Fertility rate and school enrolment

Atlas of the Sahara-Sahel

The Atlas | Maps: Preface+Chapter 1 | Maps: Chapters 2-10 | Visualise Maps | Online Map Library

‌The following maps are extracted from the OECD publication "An Atlas of the Sahara-Sahel, Geography, Economics and Security", published in December 2014.

The 250‑page publication is illustrated with 105 maps. It addresses security challenges in the Sahara-Sahelian area by considering the mobility of its territories and populations in conjunction with the socio-economic networks that connect them. Given that the inhabitants are concentrated along roads and in towns (most people living in the Sahara-Sahel are urbanites), the Sahara-Sahel is neither empty nor immobile. The roads and towns form the framework of this area associated with mobile societies that are organised on the basis of social and trade networks more than ties to the state. The movement of people and goods within that framework — associated with nomadism, transhumance, trade and migration, but also with trafficking and violence — is the main focus of the Atlas.

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Preface

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Regional Atlas on West Africa

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The Regional Atlas | Maps - Part 1 | Maps - Part 2 | Visualise Maps | Online Map Library

‌The following maps are extracted from the OECD publication "Regional Atlas on West Africa", published in July 2009.

Recent global changes have placed regional integration at the centre of Africa’s political and economic agenda. This Atlas is both a driver and the result of strategic thinking on regional integration in West Africa. Containing maps, statistics and analyses, it describes the West African region, its population, settlement, territories, its economy and its vulnerabilities. It analyses the developments and the ways in which West Africa is conforming to a constantly changing global environment. The Atlas is a compilation of chapters, which were jointly published by the SWAC Secretariat and the ECOWAS Commission. It aims to increase understanding of regional integration dynamics in West Africa and thereby hopes to facilitate the building of a regional space in West Africa.

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Part 1: Population and settlement

Part 2: Territories

Part 3: Economy

Part 4: Vulnerabilities

Cross-border co-operation

‌The study | Maps : Part 1 | Maps : Part 2 | Visualise Maps | Online Map Library

‌The following maps are extracted from the OECD publication "Cross-border Co-operation and Policy Networks in West Africa", published in January 2017.

This publication examines how policy actors involved in cross-border co-operation contribute to the regional integration process in West Africa. It uses a pioneering methodology, known as social network analysis, to visualise the formal and informal relationships between actors involved in cross-border policy networks, showing that borders have notable and diverse impacts on exchanges of information and the relative power of networks. The report then analyses a range of regional indicators of co-operation potential, visually demonstrating that borders can also affect the ability of sub-regions within West Africa to develop cross-border initiatives in a number of ways. Combining these two analyses with the perceptions of regional policy makers as to which border areas they consider as priorities for regional integration, the publication concludes with the analytical foundations for more effective place-based policies that can enhance cross-border co-operation in West Africa.

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Settlement, Market and Food Security

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‌The following maps are extracted from the OECD publication "Settlement, Market and Food Security", published in May 2013.

Settlement dynamics have been reshaping West Africa’s social and economic geography. These spatial transformations – high urbanisation and economic concentration – favour the development of market-oriented agriculture. With the population of West Africa set to double by 2050, agricultural production systems will undergo far-reaching transformations. To support these transformations, policies need to be spatially targeted, improve availability of market information and broaden the field of food security to policy domains beyond agriculture. They need to rely on homogeneous and reliable data – not available at present – particularly for key variables such as non-agricultural and agricultural population, marketed production and regional trade.

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