ABSTRACT
In West Africa, CSOs have evolved and gained important recognition in public policy debates and contribution to democratic development. Civil society has contributed in humanitarian crisis, health and sanitation challenges (Ebola outbreak in the region).
Highlighted and documented to demonstrate their achievements and contributions to the regions development. This research report seeks to present a potpourri of existing and emerging issues on civil society’s contribution to development in West Africa. Its sixteen chapters are each written to share civil society’s contribution to development as well as effectively use the evidence to shape public policy making in the region.
The main priority is to present evidence still maintaining a relevance to public policy and practice. What the authors have done is to individually capture the historical evolution of civil society, its contributions to development and propose concepts that will frame the development discourse in West Africa. The overall aim of this research report is to move forward the document.
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