Open AccessComparing Approaches to the Security-Development Nexus in the Sahel and their Implications for Governance
Author(s) -
Tuesday Reitano
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
governance in africa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2053-4825
DOI - 10.5334/gia.aa
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , peacebuilding , corporate governance , consolidation (business) , political science , state (computer science) , development economics , business , public administration , economics , engineering , management , accounting , algorithm , computer science , embedded system
This essay explores how the competing and complementary dimensions of the security, governance and development nexus have been brought to bear in the three core countries of the Sahel - Mali, Mauritania and Niger - and in doing so identifies the main challenges to peacebuilding and state consolidation in the region