From mobilities to transport. Diverse outlooks on Western Africa

This issue of EchoGéo aims to study mobilities and transport systems in Western Africa. Our analysis is based on two factual reasons. First, on the western side of the continent, the local development of transport has been fast and has brought about an acceleration of local, regional and international flows. Secondly, the culture of engineering, which has long prevailed in the field of transport, in particular with the predominance of French expertise, needs to be completed by a cross-discipl..